Fall is a good time of year to evaluate the past season’s successes and failures and plan strategies for the season ahead. Give special consideration to determining soil nutrient levels and examining weed problems and infestations. Through proper record keeping, planning, and evaluation, you can better handle some of the effects of the previous growing […]
Continue reading...October 8, 2012 Zane Helsel
Two Webinars: Corn Drought Problems and Corn Storage
Although we were not hit as hard by the drought as other states, there is some evidence of diseases coming in on some ear tips from those fields that were significantly effected by the drought and are still awaiting harvest . The Plant Management Network, publisher of the Focus on Corn webcast resource, is re-opening […]
Continue reading...October 2, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Packinghouse Facility Activities
Part 11 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan – Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline Part 11 of your farm food safety plan addresses your packinghouse activities. This includes transportation of the product from the field to the packinghouse, product storage once it has been delivered to the packing house, the washing/packing line, ice, worker health […]
Continue reading...September 26, 2012 Kris Holmstrom
Vegetable IPM Report September 26, 2012
September 25, 2012 Administrator
Late Season Yellow-fleshed Peaches
-Jerome L. Frecon In recent years late season peaches have not been as popular because food retailers and consumers seem to feel peach season ends at Labor Day. This was not quite true in 2012 with many of our most popular late season varieties waning in supply after Labor Day. Peach movement was great throughout […]
Continue reading...September 21, 2012 Mark VanGessel
Fall Can Be a Good Opportunity for Getting a Jump on Next Year’s Weed Problems
Weekly Crop Update by Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu Fall herbicide treatments have a nice fit for many situations such as small grain weed control, assisting with cover crop management, and reducing the severity of weed infestations for no till corn or soybeans. Let’s look at each of these situations. Treating small grain fields […]
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