This past week we have had our biggest count of Corn Earworm (CEW), 33 to be exact. To put this in perspective normal counts from farms that have been established for years typically get counts in the hundreds, so is quite low in comparison but it is still high enough that we will need to take care of it. It is also odd to get a count this high so late in the season but it does happen and instead of taking the trap down as planned, we will continue the count for another month at least.
Today at the AAUFRC we had our first harvest of hops! Pherm Brewery asked for 1lb of fresh hops for their beer, a number which we met seven fold. We gave them 5.5lbs of the Cascade variety which is the leading industry standard variety, and we gave them 2lbs of the Comet variety. Our hops really amazed us with how much they produced in their first year, typically you would not see numbers like this until year two or three! While we were out with the hops we also fixed the post that had broken in our storm last Tuesday. We used wood glue and screws in some extra 2x4s to hold it all together.
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