Please mark your calendars for the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center’s annual “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” on the morning of Thursday, June 5, 2014, with in-field presentations by Drs. Balota, Frame, Herbert, Holshouser, and Mehl. More details will be provided in the near future.
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Position Announcement: Director and Professor, Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, VA
Please click “More” to view the position announcement (pdf file). Additional information: tidewater-director-position-va-pdf
25th Annual Eastern Shore Ag Conference and Trade Show
Please find attached the program for the 25th Annual Eastern Shore Ag Conference & Trade Show on January 7 and 8, 2014. The event will be held at the Eastern Shore Community College Workforce Development Center, 29300 Lankford Highway, Melfa, VA 23410. This event is free and open to the public with no registration required. Feel free to pass on to any email lists, stakeholders, etc. that may be interested. Continuing education credits for Certified Crop Advisers will be offered. Any further program changes, weather advisories, and so forth will be posted on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EasternShore.Soils
Thank you,
Mark
Additional information: agconfprogram2014-3january2014-pdf
Ames Herbert’s “2013 Insect Pest Management in Virginia Cotton, Peanut, Soybean, and Sorghum” now available online
Mid-Atlantic Crop Management School Registration is OPEN!
Certified Crop Advisers (CCA), Nutrient Management Planners, and any others too! Join us in Ocean City, MD for the Mid-Atlantic Crop Management School from November 19-21, 2013. This two and a half day school will cover sessions that offer CCA Continuing Education Credits and nutrient management credits. Sessions include: Crop Management, Nutrient Management, Vegetable Production, Pest Management, and Soil & Water Management. Please see the following link for more information and to register: http://app.certain.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x15600158aa5
Black light tables for the week ending Sep. 19, 2013
Corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug numbers were generally low this week in local black light traps. Please click “More” to see the detailed report. Thanks to the participating Virginia Cooperative Extension Agents, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University faculty and staff, Farmers who hosted the traps, and others involved in this season’s black light trap monitoring efforts. Additional information: bltsep19-pdf
Corn earworm and BMSB black light trap captures for the week ending Sep. 12, 2013
Please see the attached tables for this week’s corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug average nightly captures in local black light traps. Thanks to the following for their reports this week: Chris Drake, John Allison, Laura Maxey, Mary Beahm, David Moore, Mark Kraemer, Scott Reiter, Kelvin Wells, Ames Herbert and his entomology crew, and Helene Doughty. Additional information: blt12sep-pdf
Black light trap counts for week ending August 29, 2013
Please click “More” for the corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug tables. Corn earworm moth numbers varied greatly by location, with some very high captures in Charles City. Brown marmorated stink bug numbers ranged from zero to 2.4 per night. Thanks to the following for their reports this week: David Moore, John Allison, Laura Maxey, Mary Beahm, Keith Balderson, Scott Reiter, Kelvin Wells, Mark Kraemer, Ames Herbert and crew, and Helene Doughty. Additional information: blt29aug13-pdf
Black light trap catches for week ending Aug. 22, 2013
Please click “More” to view the average nightly black light trap captures of corn earworm moths and brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB). This week’s corn earworm catches ranged from 0.1 to 5.1 per night; BMSB ranged from zero to 1.9 per night. Thanks to our trap operators Chris Drake, Keith Balderson, Mary Beahm, Mark Kraemer, Mike Parrish, Ames Herbert and crew, Laura Maxey, and Jim Jenrette for their reports this week. Also, thanks to all those providing a location and power source for these traps. Additional information: blt-aug22-pdf
Pyrethroid resistance monitoring update–Aug. 22, 2013
As of August 22, 2013, we have evaluated 545 Helicoverpa zea moths (=corn earworm) (=bollworm) in our cypermethrin vial tests (cypermethrin is a standard pyrethroid). Results are provided in the attached pdf document (please click “More”). In the vial test, moths are exposed to cypermethrin for 24 hours and are then rated as dead, down, or alive. For the entire season to date, an average of 22% of H. zea moths have survived the test. Please refer to Dr. Herbert’s August 13th advisory for how to best interpret these vial test results. Additional information: cypermethrin-pdf