Emmalea Ernest, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Slides from the fruit and vegetable sessions at Ag Week are shared at the links below with the permission of the presenters. FVGAD Fruit Session Fruit Pest Update Dr. David Owens, Extension… 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
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu In Delaware, all vegetable growers, including those who grow vegetables for processing, are required to register their farms with the Produce Food Safety Program of the Delaware Department of Agriculture. As of… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu and Emmalea Ernest, Associate Scientist, Vegetable Crops emmalea@udel.edu Heavy rains after planting, cold temperatures, wind damage, and sandblasting have caused stand reductions in some sweet corn plantings. When stands are reduced, vegetable… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Pea planting is nearing 75% across Delmarva and planting will continue through the first week in May. The first plantings were made at the end of February in 2017 and progress is… Continue Reading
