Seed Starter Workshop Join the Delaware Master Gardeners and @foodbankofde...
Seed Starter Workshop Join the Delaware Master Gardeners and @foodbankofde agriculture team on Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 10:00 am to 12:...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential fin...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential financial losses. Join experts from the Delaware Cooperative Extensi...
Join us on Wednesday, March 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. for Ready, Set, Grow! 🌱 he...
Join us on Wednesday, March 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. for Ready, Set, Grow! 🌱 held at the Tower at STAR Audion (100 Discovery Boulevard, Newark)....
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is observed in March to link people to t...
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is observed in March to link people to the facts that shatter the myths about drug abuse. Visit https://t...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential fin...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential financial losses. Join experts from the Delaware Cooperative Extensi...
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is observed in March to link people to t...
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is observed in March to link people to the facts that shatter the myths about drug abuse. Visit https://t...
We're hiring for our 2024 summer Extension Scholars! Our Extension Scholars...
We're hiring for our 2024 summer Extension Scholars! Our Extension Scholars program offers University of Delaware students a stipend-provide...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential fin...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential financial losses. Join experts from the Delaware Cooperative Extensi...
The Sussex County Master Gardeners are excited to announce their workshop s...
The Sussex County Master Gardeners are excited to announce their workshop schedule for the Winter and Spring of 2024. The classes will be he...
We're hiring for our 2024 summer Extension Scholars! Our Extension Scholars...
We're hiring for our 2024 summer Extension Scholars! Our Extension Scholars program offers University of Delaware students a stipend-provide...
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is observed in March to link people to t...
National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week is observed in March to link people to the facts that shatter the myths about drug abuse. Visit https://t...
2024 New Castle County Master Gardeners March to the Garden Saturday, March...
2024 New Castle County Master Gardeners March to the Garden Saturday, March 9, 2024 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. NCC Extension Office, 461 Wyoming R...
2024 Spring New Castle County Master Gardener Workshops All workshops are...
2024 Spring New Castle County Master Gardener Workshops All workshops are held at the NCC Extension Office, 461 Wyoming Rd., Newark, 19716...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential fin...
Risk Management Conference Learn to protect your assets from potential financial losses. Join experts from the Delaware Cooperative Extensi...
Want to give physical activity a try but don’t know where to start? Know ho...
Want to give physical activity a try but don’t know where to start? Know how to exercise but don’t want to do it alone? ➡️ Join your local W...
Cooperative Extension expertise and research shaped Delaware Agriculture We...
Cooperative Extension expertise and research shaped Delaware Agriculture Week conversations with the First State’s agricultural community th...
Taking part in the Walk With Ease (WWE) evidence-based fitness program help...
Taking part in the Walk With Ease (WWE) evidence-based fitness program helps reduce your pain and improve your overall health! 👟 Created by...
Success = teamwork! Dr. Alyssa Koehler’s robust team of #UDEL undergraduate...
Success = teamwork! Dr. Alyssa Koehler’s robust team of #UDEL undergraduates, graduate students & post doc researchers, aided by generous fu...
Great to see former #UDEL students (and Extension Scholars) at #DelawareAgW...
Great to see former #UDEL students (and Extension Scholars) at #DelawareAgWeek. Caroline May is ANR’20 and M’22 and attended Delaware Agricu...
Want to help control Seed Corn Maggots in sweet corn fields? Try this speci...
Want to help control Seed Corn Maggots in sweet corn fields? Try this special sticky trap says Extension entomologist David Owens. This trap...
After all the rain yesterday, Dr. Alyssa Koehler’s @udplantpath talk on wat...
After all the rain yesterday, Dr. Alyssa Koehler’s @udplantpath talk on water-borne Pythium, a major source of disease in sweet corn, snap b...
Join fellow producers, industry experts, & vendors at the Delaware State Fa...
Join fellow producers, industry experts, & vendors at the Delaware State Fairgrounds for an in-person Delaware Ag Week experience! Get ready...
Extension offices will close for the holidays at Noon on December 22 and re...
Extension offices will close for the holidays at Noon on December 22 and reopen for service after the new year on Jan 2, 2024! Wishing you a...
DYK? Cooperative Extension makes healthy communities! @UDelaware Extension...
DYK? Cooperative Extension makes healthy communities! @UDelaware Extension agents interpret the latest science in agriculture, nutrition, an...
The Delaware Master Naturalist Program connects adults to the environment -...
The Delaware Master Naturalist Program connects adults to the environment - and one another - to maximize their impact through volunteering...
All UD Cooperative Extension offices will close at noon on Wednesday, Novem...
All UD Cooperative Extension offices will close at noon on Wednesday, November 22, to provide our staff additional time to enjoy the holiday...
Harvest on our research plots down in Georgetown is in full swing! #AgIsAme...
Harvest on our research plots down in Georgetown is in full swing! #AgIsAmerica #LandGrantUniversities
Do you have any unused prescription medication? 💊 National Prescription Dr...
Do you have any unused prescription medication? 💊 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is coming up on October 28, 2023. This day aims...
For the third time in three years, the Delmarva Farmer has included a 4-H i...
For the third time in three years, the Delmarva Farmer has included a 4-H in Action Supplement. For this supplement, 4-H youth submit articl...
Cooperative Extension professionals provide science-based solutions to prod...
Cooperative Extension professionals provide science-based solutions to producers’ problems in crop and livestock health. From diagnosing dis...
Kelly Sipple helps two young campers play a money-counting game in Seaford,...
Kelly Sipple helps two young campers play a money-counting game in Seaford, #Delaware. ——— ℹ️: When asked what skills individuals wished the...
It was excellent to connect with @ltgovernorde (left) at the Hispanic Herit...
It was excellent to connect with @ltgovernorde (left) at the Hispanic Heritage Festival this weekend at @BellevueStatePark! Nutrition Assist...
This month is National Recovery Month to increase awareness surrounding men...
This month is National Recovery Month to increase awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery. This is the opportunity to rec...
The #Delaware Master Gardeners are training new future MGs in Kent and Suss...
The #Delaware Master Gardeners are training new future MGs in Kent and Sussex Counties! Last week kicked off training at the Carvel Center i...
Sign-ups are OPEN NOW for the 4-H Health and Wellness Ambassadors (HAWA) St...
Sign-ups are OPEN NOW for the 4-H Health and Wellness Ambassadors (HAWA) Statewide Leadership Club! These monthly virtual meetings are to be...
Special shout out to Maria Pippidis and Gina Crist for helping plan the @NE...
Special shout out to Maria Pippidis and Gina Crist for helping plan the @NEAFCS conference in Providence this week!
Congrats to Extension Agent Diane Oliver on her recent award from @NEAFCS!...
Congrats to Extension Agent Diane Oliver on her recent award from @NEAFCS! We have to say, we agree with the selection! 😁
DYK? Cooperative Extension bridges the gap between @udel research and Delaw...
DYK? Cooperative Extension bridges the gap between @udel research and Delaware's communities, bringing vital knowledge directly to the produ...
⬇ Slow down and smell the roses 🌹 Connecting with nature is proven to be r...
⬇ Slow down and smell the roses 🌹 Connecting with nature is proven to be restorative to our mental well-being! Government data shows that c...
We’re at the Blessing of the Combines today in #SnowHillMD with a free scre...
We’re at the Blessing of the Combines today in #SnowHillMD with a free screening of Delmarva and the Ground for Change! The film is showin...
Investments in agricultural research, education, and Extension: —result in...
Investments in agricultural research, education, and Extension: —result in safer, higher quality food systems. —make communities stronger an...
This past Thursday, we had the pleasure of hosting some important guests at...
This past Thursday, we had the pleasure of hosting some important guests at the Delaware State Fair! 🎡 Governor John Carney , Lt. Governor...
Holy cow!....pig!? Yesterday, Michelle Rodgers realized her lifelong dream...
Holy cow!....pig!? Yesterday, Michelle Rodgers realized her lifelong dream of kissing a (very cute) piglet at the Delaware State Fair. After...
It’s finally here! Come hang out with us in the Commodities building (AG)!...
It’s finally here! Come hang out with us in the Commodities building (AG)! #DEStateFair #UDSummer
Extension Scholar Kaneko Azuma has been hard at work this summer! Recently,...
Extension Scholar Kaneko Azuma has been hard at work this summer! Recently, she visited a Japanese farm called Suzuki Farm in Delmar to lear...
What better way to kick off your Monday morning than a tree climbing class?...
What better way to kick off your Monday morning than a tree climbing class? 🌳 Delaware Tree Climbing School is busy at Winterthur this week...
SNEAK PEEK: Here's where you can find us at the #DelawareStateFair, July 20...
SNEAK PEEK: Here's where you can find us at the #DelawareStateFair, July 20-29! –UD Cooperative Extension and the DE Master Gardeners in th...
Extension Scholar Danny Tull and Sussex County Council UD intern, Owen Puse...
Extension Scholar Danny Tull and Sussex County Council UD intern, Owen Pusey, get ready for the the Sussex County Master Gardener Open House...
This summer, Extension Scholar, Rylee Ridgely, met alongside the 2023 Nuffi...
This summer, Extension Scholar, Rylee Ridgely, met alongside the 2023 Nuffield Scholars to tour the USDA headquarters and the New Zealand em...
After more than four decades in Cooperative Extension at three land-grant u...
After more than four decades in Cooperative Extension at three land-grant universities, Michelle Rodgers, associate dean and director of Uni...
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as...
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as World Drug Day, is observed on June 26th to raise awareness abou...
David Owens, UD Extension's Agricultural Entomology Extension Specialist, i...
David Owens, UD Extension's Agricultural Entomology Extension Specialist, is busy scouting for insects this summer! Give him a follow! 🪲 Loo...
The wildfire smoke made for a hazy sunset over this Milton farm tonight!
The wildfire smoke made for a hazy sunset over this Milton farm tonight!
Get ready to witness a sight you won't forget! I am Dr. Michelle Rodgers, d...
Get ready to witness a sight you won't forget! I am Dr. Michelle Rodgers, director of UD Cooperative Extension, and participating in this ye...
Come check out the Dover Youth Committee table at #DelawarePride 🏳️🌈today...
Come check out the Dover Youth Committee table at #DelawarePride 🏳️🌈today from 9-5 at Legislative Hall in #DoverDE. The purpose of the Do...
This week, the Delaware 4-H / UD Cooperative Extension put together a Train...
This week, the Delaware 4-H / UD Cooperative Extension put together a Train the Trainer event for Get Experience in Mindfulness (GEM). Organ...
Hands-on learning! 📸 🌱 @UDCANR senior and UD Extension Summer Scholar, Dani...
Hands-on learning! 📸 🌱 @UDCANR senior and UD Extension Summer Scholar, Daniel Tull, photographs pests on crape myrtle during an ornamental p...
@DelawareDNREC has issued a #CodeRedAirQuality Action Day for today and mos...
@DelawareDNREC has issued a #CodeRedAirQuality Action Day for today and most likely for tomorrow. 🔴 Their Code Red designation means that...
Join us for the Sussex County Master Gardeners' 'Day in the Garden' Open Ho...
Join us for the Sussex County Master Gardeners' 'Day in the Garden' Open House on June 24th from 10am-2pm at Carvel Research and Education C...
Hello, I am Dr. Michelle Rodgers, director of UD Cooperative Extension. I a...
Hello, I am Dr. Michelle Rodgers, director of UD Cooperative Extension. I am thrilled to announce my participation in this year's Delaware S...
Delaware Cooperative Extension Horticulture Short Courses feature informati...
Delaware Cooperative Extension Horticulture Short Courses feature information about plants, planting techniques, and maintenance in your gar...
Yesterday, the Master Naturalists were hard at work at Waste Management in...
Yesterday, the Master Naturalists were hard at work at Waste Management in #LaurelDE, laying out three meadow pollinator plots. Video and de...
Compost-making involves controlling the natural decomposition process to ma...
Compost-making involves controlling the natural decomposition process to make it happen more quickly and with more predictable results. To m...
Learn about best practices for chrysanthemum growing and common diseases an...
Learn about best practices for chrysanthemum growing and common diseases and insect pests you might encounter. View more information about...
#IHeartUD Kicks off TOMORROW, May 3! UD Cooperative Extension's 3,000+ vol...
#IHeartUD Kicks off TOMORROW, May 3! UD Cooperative Extension's 3,000+ volunteers are an invaluable resource to Delaware communities. Help...
Are you ready to transform your health and reduce your pain? The Walk With...
Are you ready to transform your health and reduce your pain? The Walk With Ease (WWE) fitness program is here to help you get started this J...
Ag Day is ON! Come visit us today under the Cooperative Extension tent to w...
Ag Day is ON! Come visit us today under the Cooperative Extension tent to win prizes, get healthy tips, feel real wool, plant watermelon see...
Reaching the entire state of Delaware with resources, assistance and progra...
Reaching the entire state of Delaware with resources, assistance and programming is inherently difficult—but this is where our volunteers re...
This Saturday, we are thrilled to participate in UD's Ag Day in #NewarkDE!...
This Saturday, we are thrilled to participate in UD's Ag Day in #NewarkDE! Stop by our tent to join in on the fun and games and discover all...
This past week, Extension staff in Sussex County were busy at the Sussex Mo...
This past week, Extension staff in Sussex County were busy at the Sussex Montessori School setting up mini seed-starting greenhouses and sho...
The Extension Ag Team provided technical assistance to a farmer who took ad...
The Extension Ag Team provided technical assistance to a farmer who took advantage of the dry weather to help install some drain tile yester...
The Spotted Lanternflies are hatching! 🚨🚨 It is time to resume checking you...
The Spotted Lanternflies are hatching! 🚨🚨 It is time to resume checking your vehicles, equipment, and especially plants to make sure no unwa...
Today part of our ag team is calibrating a variable rate line spreader. Che...
Today part of our ag team is calibrating a variable rate line spreader. Check out the application screen from the actual application—the var...
Resident insect enthusiast, David Owens, caught these True Armyworms in Sym...
Resident insect enthusiast, David Owens, caught these True Armyworms in Symyrna today! Armyworms overwinter as partially-grown larvae in t...
Have you always wanted to become a Master Gardener? 🌱 Your opportunity has...
Have you always wanted to become a Master Gardener? 🌱 Your opportunity has arrived: We will be conducting a statewide training session begin...
UD Extension's 3,000+ volunteers serve Delaware across four program areas t...
UD Extension's 3,000+ volunteers serve Delaware across four program areas throughout the state. This #NationalVolunteerMonth, we want to hig...
Last week, Turfgrass Nutrient Management Agent, John Emerson seeded 270 mix...
Last week, Turfgrass Nutrient Management Agent, John Emerson seeded 270 mixed turfgrass species plots recently with help from his #Cooperati...
STOP THOSE INVASIVES! 🌸 —Written by Sue Barton, Professor - Plant & Soil Sc...
STOP THOSE INVASIVES! 🌸 —Written by Sue Barton, Professor - Plant & Soil Sciences Our roadsides and abandoned fields have exploded into a s...
Activities, entertainment, animals, plant sales, educational exhibits, ente...
Activities, entertainment, animals, plant sales, educational exhibits, entertainment and UDairy Creamery ice cream! 🌿 🐄 🍦 The 2023 Ag Day th...
We are seeing a lot of winter burn on conifers this year, caused by the flu...
We are seeing a lot of winter burn on conifers this year, caused by the fluctuating warm, then cold Spring temperatures. They should grow ou...
You may be seeing more farm activity lately, but A TON of farm prep takes p...
You may be seeing more farm activity lately, but A TON of farm prep takes place pre-spring! Back in February, UD Extension was helping train...
Add some extra green to your St. Patrick's Day Celebration 💚 with our Brocc...
Add some extra green to your St. Patrick's Day Celebration 💚 with our Broccoli Salad recipe! 🥦 Broccoli provides you with fiber and vitamins...
MANAGING SPOTTED LANTERNFLIES: This destructive, invasive insect poses a th...
MANAGING SPOTTED LANTERNFLIES: This destructive, invasive insect poses a threat to Delaware's agricultural economy. This winter and spring,...
"Alfalfa weevil in Delaware are active!" 📸 Courtest of David Owens (Twitter...
"Alfalfa weevil in Delaware are active!" 📸 Courtest of David Owens (Twitter: OhBuggers) #netDE #Delaware #Pests #Alfalfa #AlfalfaWeevil #Ag...
At a recent joint annual celebration for Kent and Sussex Master Gardeners v...
At a recent joint annual celebration for Kent and Sussex Master Gardeners volunteers, the coveted 2022 Master Gardeners of the Year were ann...
Native Plants 101: A Kent County Delaware Master Gardener Workshop Series 🌱...
Native Plants 101: A Kent County Delaware Master Gardener Workshop Series 🌱 Are you interested in learning more about native plants for Del...
On this day in 1930, Roydon L. Hammond captured this image titled "Interior...
On this day in 1930, Roydon L. Hammond captured this image titled "Interior, whole length, Steen's Poultry House" in Dagsboro, Delaware! T...
Happy Valentine's Day from your friends at UD Cooperative Extension!! 💙💛
Happy Valentine's Day from your friends at UD Cooperative Extension!! 💙💛
Southern Delaware Master Gardeners Celebrate a Productive 2022 In 2022, Ke...
Southern Delaware Master Gardeners Celebrate a Productive 2022 In 2022, Kent and Sussex Master Gardeners volunteered services valued at mor...
Looking for a unique summer internship? ➡️ Our Extension Scholars program o...
Looking for a unique summer internship? ➡️ Our Extension Scholars program offers current UD undergraduate and graduate students a unique, ha...
A New Face Joins Kent County Extension! Kent County Cooperative Extension...
A New Face Joins Kent County Extension! Kent County Cooperative Extension welcomed a new Agent just before the new year! In November, Drew...
In 2023, help us create life-changing experiences for youth in Delaware as...
In 2023, help us create life-changing experiences for youth in Delaware as a 4-H volunteer! Share your unique knowledge and talent as an act...
Join the New Castle County Master Gardeners for their winter/spring worksho...
Join the New Castle County Master Gardeners for their winter/spring workshops! Register online at www.udel.edu/0010248 🌱 Seed Starting w/ R...
Cost of eggs got you boiling?? 🥚 Save some cash by using these substitutes...
Cost of eggs got you boiling?? 🥚 Save some cash by using these substitutes when baking an item that requires eggs. These options are great a...
Here's some #VintageDelawareAg to kick off your weekend. Happy Friday! "Ro...
Here's some #VintageDelawareAg to kick off your weekend. Happy Friday! "Rooster K286, Marvel Poultry Farms, Georgetown" Date: May 10, 1928...
The Kent County Master Gardeners are excited to announce their workshop sch...
The Kent County Master Gardeners are excited to announce their workshop schedule for the Winter of 2023! All classes are free, but pre-regis...
We think you’ll agree: it’s GREAT to be back! #DEAgWeek
We think you’ll agree: it’s GREAT to be back! #DEAgWeek
We're baaaaaack! 🐑 Join us at the Harrington Fairgrounds today through Thur...
We're baaaaaack! 🐑 Join us at the Harrington Fairgrounds today through Thursday for #DEAgWeek—in person, once again! Details: https://sites...
Dry January is observed to encourage people to stop drinking alcoholic drin...
Dry January is observed to encourage people to stop drinking alcoholic drinks for a month. This concept can help you to start 2023 off right...
Traveling and seeing large groups, for the holidays or other family events,...
Traveling and seeing large groups, for the holidays or other family events, could expose you to COVID-19, the flu, or the common cold. You...
