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Pest Alert – Allium Leafminer

April 15, 2016Emmalea Garver Ernest

Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu The allium leafminer (also known as the onion leafminer) has recently been detected and confirmed from infested leeks and onions in Lancaster County, PA. This is the first confirmed infestation in the Western Hemisphere.… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 24:4, allium leafminer, onion

Vegetable Crop Insect Management

April 15, 2016Emmalea Garver Ernest

Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu Seed Corn Maggot in Spring Planted Vegetables The warmer daytime temperatures in late February and March followed by cooler spring temperatures has resulted in very favorable conditions for seed corn maggot (SCM) infestations. Spring… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 24:4, seed corn maggot, vegetable insect scouting

Season Extension Workshop and Field Day

April 7, 2016Emmalea Garver Ernest

Friday May, 20, 2016     10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Delaware State University Smyrna Outreach & Research Center (SORC) 884 Smyrna-Leipsic Road, Smyrna, DE Presented by DSU Cooperative Extension, Small Farms Program. The focus of the workshop is spring, fall and… Continue Reading →

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Farm Succession Planning Education Series Financial Planning: Creating a Retirement Paycheck

April 7, 2016Emmalea Garver Ernest

Thursday, May 5, 2016     7:00 – 9:00 p.m. University of Delaware Paradee Center 169 Transportation Circle, Dover, 19901 If you’re pre-retirement and planning for your retirement, this session will help you learn how to calculate what you will need, provide… Continue Reading →

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Free Webinars in April, Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Women in Agriculture

April 1, 2016Emmalea Garver Ernest

4/27: Soil pH, Liming Rates and Fertility – Soil pH is only one number on a soil test report, but can control a lot of your production potential. To maximize your returns from the soil, understanding where soil acidity comes… Continue Reading →

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