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What’s going on with my soybeans?
Has your field of green changed colors? Time to investigate. Farmers can choose their soybean variety, row spacing, or fertilizer applications, but controlling plant diseases is more difficult. Soybean diseases are caused by living organisms which feed on the plant,...
As spring greens up our farms, keep an eye out for Palmer amaranth
Palmer amaranth (commonly known as pigweed) is an aggressive weed that is resistant to glyphosate, can grow up to 1 inch a day, and produces a half a million seeds per plant. Because of that, it can spread quickly in fields and hedgerows, outcompeting field crops....
Top Ten Cybersecurity Tips for Your Farm Business
Increasingly, small businesses are the targets of cyber-attacks because they do business online, store sensitive employee & customer data, and are suppliers to larger organizations (such as the government). Plus, most small businesses lack the resources to combat...
On the Watch for Pesticide Drift with DriftWatch
Free to both growers and applicators, DriftWatch helps pesticide applicators, specialty crop growers and beekeepers communicate more effectively to protect pesticide-sensitive areas. This new online tool, offered by the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA), aims...
Six Basics to Protect Water and Improve Soil
For farmer Robbie Emerson, water quality is an ongoing effort that never goes out of season. A fourth-generation soybean farmer from Middletown, Delaware, Emerson knows the importance of protecting Delaware's local watersheds. In order to keep nutrients and...
Prevent and Protect – best practices for controlling pests
Weeds, bugs, slugs, you name it – farmers deal with more than their fair share of pests. Proper management and prevention is key to growing a healthy, viable and sustainable crop. Knowing and understanding the factors contributing to your pest problem are the first...
To Treat or Not to Treat – When is Insecticide the Right Choice?
Insecticide seed treatments are not always economical in Mid-Atlantic grain production. Insecticide seed treatments are not always economical in Mid-Atlantic grain production.[/box] Neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments (NSTs) are widely used in grain production....
Don’t Get Caught with Your Plants Down!
Did your field look like this? If so, your field may have been infested with Dectes stem borers. The Dectes stem borer adult is a long horned beetle, approximately 3/8-1/2” in length, grey, with long antennae that are banded black and grey. Adult beetles begin...
Creating a happier, healthier and more productive work force with the WPS
In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised certain requirements in the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulation that became enforceable in 2017 and 2018. The revised WPS regulation came about as an attempt to better protect workers and handlers from...