UD Cooperative Extension

10/17/2026

Rain or shine - our Delaware Master Gardeners volunteer!

Today, October 17th at the Vanderwende-Evans Center in Georgetown, Extension partners with to give away native trees from 9 a.m to 12 p.m or while supplies last.

Drive up and our volunteers will check you in and load in the tree of your choice. These are all Sussex MG volunteers! Making Delaware sustainable one native tree at a time!

10/14/2026

Congratulations to State 4-H Youth Development Program Leader Ernesto “Ernie” López on receiving the Order of the First State! This award is Delaware’s highest civilian honor, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service and dedication to our state.

We are incredibly proud to have Ernie leading our Delaware 4-H family and continuing to inspire the next generation of leaders!

Read more about the awards. https://news.delaware.gov/2026/10/02/governor-meyer-honors-ten-delawareans-with-order-of-the-first-state/

Photo: Ernie Lopez, left, receives the Order of the First State from Gov. Matt Meyer. Photo Credit: OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR PHOTOS

10/13/2026

For 40 years, the partnership between the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension and Delaware State University Cooperative Extension has been serving, growing, and strengthening our communities across the First State.

40 years strong, thanks to the incredible dedication and leadership of powerhouse ladies like Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay, Dr. Mireille Chahine, Megan Pleasanton, Tracy Wootten, Maggie Moor, Sue Barton, Carrie Murphy, and Valann Budischak! Thank you for everything you do for Delaware Agriculture and Extension.

10/09/2026

Ever wonder what’s happening with all that corn being harvested across Delaware right now?

Unlike the sweet corn on your dinner plate, field corn is left to dry right on the stalk before harvest. Once it’s gathered, here’s where it goes.

- Poultry feed: Delaware’s broiler chicken industry is massive! Most of our October field corn goes straight to local feed mills (like Perdue, Mountaire, and Tyson) to feed local flocks.
- Grain storage and markets: Harvested grain is stored in silos or sent to local grain elevators and the Port of Wilmington for regional distribution and export.
- Silage: The remaining stalks and grain are processed into nutrient-dense feed to keep local dairy and beef cattle fed all winter long.

Here, you can see the corn harvest in action at Full Throttle Farms in Clayton, Delaware, owned by the Czachorowski family and operated by Legacy Farms. Of their 340 total acres, half are dedicated to field corn and the other half to soybeans, which will be harvested next in November.

10/08/2026

Mireille Chahine is the newly minted associate dean and director of UD Cooperative Extension. A long-time Cooperative Extension veteran of the University of Idaho, Chahine was drawn to the First State because of the prominence of agriculture. Read more on Extension News:
https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/news/2026/october/mireille-chahine-joins-ud-cooperative-extension/

10/05/2026

10/01/2026

Every August, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension experts at the Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown open up their 347-acre campus and invite agriculture stakeholders to view first hand the latest research in both fruit and vegetable and agronomic crops. Read more:

Every August, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension experts at the Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown open up their 347-acre campus and invite agriculture stakeholders to view first hand the latest research in both fruit and vegetable and agronomic crops.....