Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu A new pole lima bean variety, Greensnake (DP1600203) developed at the University of Delaware is available for testing in 2024. Growers who would like to assist with testing are asked to report… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Many of my 2023 field research projects are completed and over the next few months I will be preparing trial reports and presentations for winter meetings. I look forward to sharing some… Continue Reading
Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu FMC Corporation collaborated with Departments of Agriculture in Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey labeling Command 3ME for use on lima beans through the release of a 24(c) Special Local Need Label. This change occurred… Continue Reading
Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu Enterprise budgets for processing vegetables have been updated with prices and information for 2022. You can use these budgets to estimate your production costs and returns for several different crops: pickling cucumbers, sweet… Continue Reading
Alyssa Koehler, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu Root knot nematodes (RKN) are plant pathogenic roundworms that live in the soil. The southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) is common across Delaware and can be yield limiting to soybeans, lima beans, snap… Continue Reading
