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 […]
Continue reading...September 21, 2012 Mark VanGessel
Harvest Aids for Soybeans
By WCU Editor Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu A few herbicides are labeled as harvest aids for soybeans. Glyphosate and paraquat will have the broadest spectrum of control, with paraquat having quicker activity on the weeds. Aim is also labeled, but it has a very narrow spectrum of control. Be sure to read the […]
Continue reading...September 7, 2012 Mark VanGessel
Considerations for Small Grains Weed Control
By WCU Editor Mark VanGessel, Extension Weed Specialist; mjv@udel.edu For no-till fields, a non-selective herbicide needs to be used prior to planting. If grasses are present glyphosate is a better choice than paraquat. Fields worked with a vertical tillage implement for residue management still need a non-selective herbicide. These implements are not weed control tools. […]
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