Notes Processing Vegetable Crop Budgets Updated Joanne Whalen Has Retired!? Now Who Do I Call? Updated Human Health Risk Analyses for Chlorpyrifos Scholarship Opportunities for Farmers from the Historic Lewes Farmers Market Announcements Webinars Sponsored by Women in Ag Farm… Continue Reading
Calling all small Delmarva farmers interested in learning more about sustainable practices and focused on growing for the local market. Apply now for the 2017 Historic Lewes Farmers Market scholarship program! Completed applications are due no later than Wednesday, December… Continue Reading
Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu The EPA has recently provided additional information on its plans for regulating chlorpyrifos and is seeking comment. The entire article is at https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/updated-human-health-risk-analyses-chlorpyrifos “EPA has revised the human health hazard assessment and drinking water… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist – Vegetable Crops; emmalea@udel.edu Joanne Whalen has retired from her position as Extension IPM Specialist. The University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is planning to hire someone to fill this vacancy. In the… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist – Vegetable Crops; emmalea@udel.edu Enterprise budgets for processing vegetables have just been updated with prices and information from 2016. You can use these budgets to estimate of costs and returns for six different crops: sweet corn,… Continue Reading
