WCU Volume 31, Issue 26 –September 22, 2023 PDF of WCU Volume 31:26 – September 22, 2023 WCU Subscription Options for 2023: Mail, Email or Text Announcements 2023 Women in Ag Webinars — 2nd Wednesdays Small Ruminant Parasite Management and… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week with corn harvest in high gear, I was sent the below photo of some sort of animal that had destroyed a chunk of a corn field and seemingly cleaned up after itself. This… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Tyler Bill for correctly identifying both the culprit and the cause: Black rot is taking down my cabbage field. Last fall, the field had various brassicas in it, brussel sprouts, broccoli, and mustards.… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean At this point, earworms are largely out of the system. Continue scouting for bean leaf beetle and stink bugs. Large numbers of bean leaf beetle can scar pods, weakening them and potentially allowing disease… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Spinach and Beets Beet webworm activity is unusually high this year. In Georgetown, they have stripped a lot of foliage off pigweeds. In addition, beet armyworm activity is also getting into oddball places, just like… Continue Reading
