New Weather Summary — Friday, July 16, 2021
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)
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Guess The Pest! Weeks 15 & 16
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
July Temperatures and Corn Pollination
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
Foliar Disease Scouting in Corn
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
Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting
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