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Growing Degree Days (GDD) and Rainfall Through August 7th

August 10, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu Later planted fields (mid-June) should be undergoing pollination, but temperatures this week are in the low 90s, possibly affecting pollination. Most fields planted in late May were pollinating during ideal conditions, although weather and… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 26:20, field corn, GDD, weather

Soybean Insect Scouting Update

August 10, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu and Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Continue scouting for defoliators and for pod feeding insects. Primary defoliators are green cloverworm, bean leaf beetle, and Japanese beetles. A few more aphids have… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 26:20, soybean, soybean insect control

When to Plant Plasticulture Strawberries

August 10, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Chandler has been our main plasticulture strawberry and has shown consistently high yields. For most of Delaware, the recommendation has been to plant Chandler the second week in September. However, Chandler is… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 26:20, plasticulture, strawberry

Sweet Corn Insect Update

August 10, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu and David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu and A whorl-stage sweet corn field on station had an economic infestation of fall armyworms, whorl thresholds are 15%. Be wary of fall armyworm in… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 26:20, sweet corn, trap catches

The Agriculture Horizon Conference

August 3, 2018Emmalea Garver Ernest

Thursday, August 23, 2018     9:00 am–2:30 pm University of Delaware Carvel Research & Education Center 16483 County Seat Highway, Georgetown 2018 has been a season threatening a “perfect storm” of risks for Delmarva farmers. Weeks of flooded fields, followed by… Continue Reading →

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