December
Ag Notes and Winter Meetings
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
CLASSES – SUSSEX COUNTY
Sign up to take Session I with Jeanie Johnson or Sydney
Young by calling 856-7303. You have to complete Session I
before you can take Session II. We will not hold a class unless at least 20
people signup for it. Please signup
early to increase the chances of the class making.
SESSION
I
Date Time Location
December 20, 2001 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. REC/Georgetown
January 24, 2002 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Greenwood VFW
January 29, 2002 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. REC/Georgetown
February 12, 2002 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Ellendale Fire Hall
March 7, 2002 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. REC/Georgetown
March 19, 2002 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon REC/Georgetown
April 2, 2002 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon REC/Georgetown
Farming: Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
Farming: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a four-part course, will be held at PolyTech High
School in Woodside, DE on January 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. . Classroom space is limited, so
pre-registration is requested by Thursday, January 3, 2002. The
registration fee for this course is $40, which will cover the cost of resource
materials. Refreshments will be
served. To register and receive
additional information, please contact Delaware State University Cooperative
Extension office at: (302) 857-6424.
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Delaware Vegetable
Meeting-Jan 9 to 11
VGAD
Successful
Produce Marketing -
Wednesday, January 9, 2002
6-9 PM
Harrington Fair Exhibit Hall
6:00 - 6:30 Finding Marketing Outlets for your Produce
Richard
VanVranken, Rutgers
6:30 - 6:50 Pricing Your Produce: Wholesale and Retail
Carl German, UD
6:50 - 7:10 Farmers Markets and Tailgate Marketing in New
Jersey
Richard
VanVranken, Rutgers
7:10 - 7:40 Tapping
Into Your Money Making Potential: Opportunities for DE Producers
Becky Moody, DDA and Carl German,
UD
7:40 - 8:10 Making a Living on Less Than 5 Acres
Bob Russell, DE Producer
8:10 - 8:30 Cooperatives
as a Marketing Option
Dean
Purnell, DSU
8:30 - 9:00 Marketing Through the Internet and
Value-Added Marketing
Nancy Petitt, DE Producer
Fresh
Market Production -
Wednesday, January 9, 2002 6-9 PM
Board
Room, Harrington Fair Exhibit Hall
6:00 - 6:30 Cole
Crop and Sweet Corn Variety Trials (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, chinese cabbage, sweet corn)
Gordon Johnson
6:30 - 7:00 Equipment for Smaller Vegetable Operations
James
Adkins, UD and Josh Plummer, Student-UD
7:00 - 7:20 Trellised and Staked Production of
Vegetables
Gordon
Johnson, UD
7:20 - 7:40 Success
with Pole Limas
Growers
Panel
7:40 - 8:10 Specialty Vegetable Trials and Marketing
Considerations
David
Myers, UM
8:10 - 8:30 High
Tunnels to Extend the Growing Season
Jay
Windsor, UD
8:30 - 9:00 Food
Safety for Fresh Market Operations: What Should You Know?
Sue Snider, UD and Derby Walker, UD
General
Session – Thursday,
January 10, 2002
Harrington Fair Exhibit Hall
8:30 Registration, Visit Exhibits
Enjoy Coffee and Donuts
9:30 Welcome, George Lovett, President, VGAD
9:45 Doing More for Delaware’s
Vegetable Industry
Michael
Scuse, Secretary, Delaware Department of Agriculture
10:15 Our Vegetable Operation – Ten Years of Change
Bill and
David Zittel, Eden, New York
11:00 Taskforce for New Opportunities for Delaware
Agriculture
Ed Kee, University of Delaware
11:30 Annual Vegetable Growers Association of Delaware Business
Meeting
Lunch – Sponsored by the Exhibitors and VGAD Board
General Fresh Market Vegetable
Session
Harrington Fair Exhibit Hall
1:30 The
Use of Television and the Internet to Promote Local Agriculture: The “If Plants
Could Talk” series for NJN Public Television
Mr. William
T. Hlubik, Rutgers University
2:00 2001
Sweet Corn Variety Trial - Sweet Corn Costs of Production and Pricing
Gordon
Johnson, UD and Tracy Wootten, UD
2:30 Experiences in Electronic Marketing:
Delmarva Produce.com in 2001
Vance
Phillips and Ryan Jost, DelmarvaProduce.com
2:45 Break
3:00 Melon Insect Update
Joanne
Whalen, UD
3:20 Agriculture in the Arabian
Peninsula: Ancient to Modern
Ian McCann,
University of Delaware
3:45 Managing Delaware’s Deer Population
Dr. Jake
Bowman, University of Delaware
4:15 - Adjourn
6:00 Social
Hour – Club House
7:00 Annual
VGAD Awards Banquet
Speaker: Kevin Reilly
“Hanging In There for Success”
A motivational speech by Delaware’s own Kevin Reilly, who starred in football for Salesianum, Villanova
and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Potato Session - Friday, January
11, 2002
Board Room, Harrington Fair Exhibit Hall
9:00 Report from the Delaware Potato
Board
9:10 Delaware Department of Agriculture
Report
9:20 Colorado
Potato Beetle Control and Resistance Management
Galen Dively University of Maryland
Joanne Whalen University of Delaware
9:50 Managing Cull Piles and Volunteer Potatoes
Dr. Mark VanGessel and Gordon
Johnson UD
10:05 Calcium Additions and Potatoes - Reviewing
the Research
Gordon Johnson, UD
10:20 Novel
Potato Varieties for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Dr. Bill Lamont, Penn State University
10:50 2001 Potato Fungicide Trials and T-22 Trials
Bob Mulrooney, University of Delaware
11:10 Nitrogen
and Phosphorus Fertilization in Potatoes and Nutrient Management Planning
Dr. Dave
Hansen, Gordon Johnson UD
11:30 Off Type Potatoes - What Can You Do?
DDA rep.
11:40 Update on Potato Wart and Late Blight
Bob Mulrooney, UD
12:00 Annual Business Meeting
Processing Crops Session, Friday, January
11, 2002
Harrington Fair Exhibit Hall
9:30 Lima Bean Diseases
Bob
Mulrooney, University of Delaware
10:00 U
of D Engineering Students Work With Case New Holland to Solve
a Delaware Ag Problem
Dawn
Cintavey, U of D Student and Jim Glancey, University of Delaware
10:30 Gaucho and Sweet Corn Insect Management
Joanne
Whalen, IPM Specialist, University of Delaware
11:00 Herbicide Resistance Issues and
Weed Control Update for Beans and Sweet Corn
Mark
VanGessel, University of Delaware
11:30 Soybean
Aphid and Viruses: A new snap bean problem in the Midwest and New York
Joanne
Whalen, University of Delaware
11:45 Lunch – Visit Exhibits
1:30 Processing Industry Update
1:45 Grain Profits and the LDP
Kenny
Bounds, Chesapeake Farm
Credit
2:00 Garden State Ethanol
Peter Furey
2:30 Lima bean Variety Trials and Fordhook lima
beans for Delmarva
Ed Kee, University of Delaware
2:45 Break
3:00 Pickle Variety Trials and Pollinator Studies
Ed Kee, University of Delaware
3:15 Pickle Diseases and Management
Kate Everts, University of Maryland and Delaware
3:30 Pickle Production in Mexico, Germany and India
Ed Kee, University of Delaware
4:00 Pickle Harvester Program in 2001
James
Adkins, University of Delaware
4:30 Adjourn
Risk Management
with new developments in Insurance
You are invited to a meeting
on using “Crop Revenue Coverage”, Optional Units”, “Actual Production History”,
Adjusted Gross Revenue Coverage” and/or “Yield Substitution” to protect your
farming operation against losses caused by natural disasters. With the lower premiums and higher coverages
you may want to reconsider using one of these crop insurance products. There
are two more opportunities for Sussex County growers, Jan 15 at
State Fair Exhibition Hall in Harrington, and Jan 16 at RJ’s Restaurant
in Laurel. The
meetings are from 8 am to 3
pm.
Since lunch will be provided you must call Laurie Wolinski at 302-730-4000
(Kent County Extension) to reserve lunch. You will also earn 1 pesticide
credit.
January 17, 2002 Pesticides and
the Public: How Applicators Can Respond
To Public Concern With Pesticide Use. Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forrest Avenue, rt. 8, Dover DE This year's conference will be held in conjunction with the Delaware Horticulture
Industry Expo. Topics will be "IPM
in Schools," "What
Lessons
Have We Learned From Star Link Corn?" and "Risk Communication."
Afternoon
break-out sessions will present new information in Agriculture, Turf &
Ornamental, and Structural Pest Control.
Re-certification
credits will be awarded in all applicator
categories
Jan 17 – “Options on Futures” A Mini Workshop
– 7 to 9pm - Kent County Extension office
Jan 21 – “
Grain Marketing Strategies Conference - 9
a.m. to noon – Kent County Office
Jan 24 – Delaware
Agronomic Day (jointly sponsored by the Delaware Crop
Improvement Association) 8 am
to 2 pm. Call your county extension office to make
lunch reservation (your is cost is $5, the rest of the
cost is being picked up by the sponsors and exhibitors).
Featuring – Joanne Whalen – What
is best control method or methods for you manage your corn insects? (1 pesticide credit)
Mark Van Gessel –Glyphosate-resistant horseweed and
soybean weed control - trying to make sense (or cents) of it all.
A Panel – What about these new grain marketing
choices? Ethanol, soy diesel, etc
Bob Mulrooney – An old pest rebounds to present new
problems
Jan 25 “Women in Agriculture” – Modern
Maturity Center,
Dover, De The program follows the Friend of Agriculture
Jan 30 Eighth Annual
Delmarva Agricultural Safety and Heath Conference
Capital Grange Hall, Dover, De – 8a.m.
to noon. Call your extension office to reserve lunch.
Feb 7 – Farm Equipment Workshop -
Harrington Fair Grounds
Hands on demonstrations
and useful information in the following sessions:
Tractor Performance –
weighting ballasting and tire pressures for optimum performance.
Planter Calibration – Proper
setup and adjustment classes from several planter manufacturers.
Ripper/Deep tillage – Comparison
of several ripper configurations regarding effectiveness and power req.with
visual demos.
Combine setup and calibration –
experts from several manufacturers.
Equipment on display from John
Deere, Case IH, New Holland, White, CAT, Monosem, Kinze, DMI and many others.
Feb 11 – Marketing with a crop
insurance to lock in yield and price – DDA Dover, De. Details will be available in January. I understand
that is an marketing meeting that help you improve
your own bottom line.
Feb 22 –
Governor’s Conference –Modern Maturity Center, Dover – 7:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Topics: Bio-security on the Farm and “Livable Delaware”
In a normal winter expect to get 13.6 inches of
snow. We should have had almost 3 inches by the end of December, based on
24 years of weather data.