SALISBURY, Md. — Delaware soybean growers showed their ability to achieve high yields once again through the Delaware Soybean Yield Contest. Earning top honors in this year’s contest was R.C. Willin of Sussex County with a yield of 96.04 bushels per acre on his full season irrigated soybeans. He achieved this yield using Channel4218 seed […]

DOVER, Del. – The USDA-NASS, Northeastern Region has released the crop production forecast for October, according to Shareefah Williams, state statistician of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Delaware Field Office. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of September and the first week of October, included the following commodities: Corn […]

MANCHESTER, Iowa — Progressive Agriculture Farm Safety Day was held at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, October 5th with over 250 students, teachers, adult volunteers and presenters in attendance. All 7th grade students from the Edgewood-Colesburg, Maquoketa Valley, and West Delaware School Districts attended. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Delaware County along with […]

DOVER, Del. — According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Maryland, there were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, May 16TH, 2021. Topsoil moisture supplies were 2 percent very short, 10 percent short, 50 percent adequate, and 38 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 4 percent […]