Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) are expected to begin dispersing into fruit orchards any day.
Continue reading...May 17, 2013 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
FDA Food Safety Q&A: Equipment, Tools, Buildings & Sanitation
The FDA Proposed Produce Food Safety Rule Q & A conference call, coordinated by the Produce Safety Alliance, discussed equipment, tools, buildings and sanitation practices that will be affected by the impending Food Safety Modernization Act produce rule. Here are the questions and answers from that call: 1. Are cats permitted in packing houses? They […]
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May 17, 2013 Mark VanGessel
Pokeweed is Poking Up in a Lot of Corn Fields
by Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu I have seen a number of corn fields with pokeweed emerging along field edges or in patches. These areas should be sprayed before the plants are 10 to 12 inches tall and as result may require some spot applications before the whole fields need to be treated for […]
Continue reading...May 17, 2013 Mark VanGessel
Corn Herbicides and Soil Insecticide Interactions
by Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu A number of corn herbicides have label precautions about use of an organo-phosphate insecticide at planting due to potential crop injury. This includes the insecticides Counter (terbufos), Lorsban (chlorpyrifos), and Fortress (chlorethoxyfos). The herbicides include both soil-applied and postemergence herbicides. Some of the common products include Callisto (Halex GT); […]
Continue reading...May 17, 2013 Mark VanGessel
Burndown for No-Till Soybeans at this Time
by Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu If no-till soybean fields have not been sprayed yet, we are facing an uphill battle. Most of the horseweed (or maretail) is now well over 6” tall, and so are a lot of the other winter annual weeds.
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