Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu Many of our 2024 field research projects are completed but a few will still be in the field this winter. Over the next few months, I will be preparing trial reports and… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Moth trap captures have declined due to a combination of cool nights and decreasing attractive resources near our pheromone traps. This is a general reminder that the most effective trap is going to… Continue Reading
Emmalea Ernest, Extension Fruit & Vegetable Specialist; emmalea@udel.edu At this point in the season stand and vigor issues are readily apparent in early sweet corn plantings. Good stand establishment is important for fresh market sweet corn since generally each plant… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn This will be the hardest crop to keep clean that we will have all year. Pheromone and blacklight trap captures continue to increase. We have not experienced such large blacklight trap counts in… 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
