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Monthly Grain Market Outlook

April 25, 2025lyndsie

Nate Bruce, Farm Business Management Specialist, nsbruce@udel.edu   Written 4/21/2025 Commodity markets have been dominated by trade tariff news in April. Markets have seen extreme volatility over the course of the month. Historically, seasonal grain price highs rarely occur during… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 33:7, futures, small grain

Irrigation Recommendations for Small Grains & Covers

April 25, 2025lyndsie

James Adkins, Extension Irrigation Engineer; adkins@udel.edu Evapotranspiration minus Precipitation in inches. (April 14-April 22) Wheat The unusually warm and windy has netted high evapotranspiration rates for small grains.  The map above shows the 1-week evapotranspiration rate minus any precipitation received… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 33:7, irrigation, small grain

Agronomic Crop Insect Scouting

April 25, 2025lyndsie

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Alfalfa Mid-to Large alfalfa weevil larvae are still present in some fields. Alfalfa is growing well now, so check its height and compare your counts per 30 stems with the threshold table found in the… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 33:7, alfalfa, slugs, small grain

Small Grain Disease Resources

April 11, 2025lyndsie

Alyssa K. Betts, Extension Field Crops Pathologist; akoehler@udel.edu This week barley is around flag leaf and approaching heading while wheat is ranging from Feekes 6-8. This week has been colder, with hopefully the final frost. The frost Wednesday morning was… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 33:5, barley, barley yellow dwarf virus, disease resources, fusarium head blight, small grain

Fall Irrigation of Small Grains and Cover Crops

October 31, 2024lyndsie

James Adkins, Extension Engineer, adkins@udel.edu Established small grains are burning through 0.02-0.03 inches of water per day if not tilled and 0.04-0.05 inches under conventional tillage. Since the roots are shallow, irrigation should be applied in small (0.2-0.35 inch) increments… Continue Reading →

Agronomic Crops 32:30, cover crops, irrigation, small grain, small grains

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