PDF Version of WCU 20:26 – September 14, 2012 Weekly Crop Update User Survey – Please take the survey and help us improve WCU! Vegetable Crops Vegetable Crop Insects Low Plant Tissue Potassium and Calcium Excess Nitrogen and Vegetables and Fruits… Continue Reading
Jennifer Volk, Extension Environmental Quality and Management Specialist; jennvolk@udel.edu My name is Jennifer Volk and I am the University of Delaware’s new Extension Specialist in Environmental Quality and Management. I am very excited to be joining the Cooperative Extension and… Continue Reading
Carl German, Extension Crops Marketing Specialist; clgerman@udel.edu USDA’s September 12 U.S. and World Supply and Demand Highlights Trader reaction to the September report was apparently negative for the corn and soybean markets with corn and wheat futures trading lower as… Continue Reading
Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; rtaylor@udel.edu With corn harvest proceeding much earlier than in ‘normal’ years, many growers could be considering whether to go ahead and plant their wheat or barley crop in the next few weeks. The recommended or suggested… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to sample fields on a weekly basis for defoliators including earworm, webworms and all armyworm species. We continue to get reports of fields with economic levels of defoliators. Although we have limited… Continue Reading
