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New Weather Summary — Friday, July 16, 2021

July 16, 2021kgyoung

These weather maps are generated from DEOS weather station data and are part of a new Ag Weather website that is under development. Your feedback is welcome! Thanks!! Emmalea (emmalea@udel.edu)

Uncategorized 29:17, weather

Guess The Pest! Weeks 15 & 16

July 16, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu   Get out your field guides and practice your pest management knowledge by clicking on the GUESS THE PEST logo or following this link: http://www.udel.edu/008255 and submitting your best guess. For the 2021 season, we… Continue Reading →

General 29:17, Guess the Pest!

July Temperatures and Corn Pollination

July 16, 2021kgyoung

Jarrod O. Miller, Extension Agronomist, jarrod@udel.edu   According to data from the last two years, silking and pollination (R1) has occurred between 1320 and 1594 growing degree days, while VT (tasseling) occurs between 1200-1300 (Table 1). In many of our… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:17, field corn, pollination, weather

Foliar Disease Scouting in Corn

July 16, 2021kgyoung

Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu   The Usual Suspects Grey Leaf Spot Consistently our most common disease of corn, GLS has been becoming more noticeable over the past week with the end of week/weekend rain and humid weather.… Continue Reading →

Vegetable Crops 29:17, Curvularia leaf spot, diplodia leaf streak, field corn, field corn diseases, grey leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, tar spot

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

July 16, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Alfalfa Scout alfalfa for potato leaf hopper. Fields that have hopperburn have already lost yield potential. Cutting alfalfa will kill the majority of leafhopper nymphs, but adults will disperse. If you have multiple plantings near… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 29:17, agronomic crop insect scouting

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