Field Report for April 29, 2026

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! US Drought Monitor Northeast Report https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast Prediction model for cabbage maggot https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/ More information about asparagus beetle https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/5/3/B1/2194056 More information about leek moth https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center More information about allium leafminer https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer Video from Cornell’s Veg Team’s Stop the Rot Project identifying foliar symptoms of bacterial diseases of onion and how to distinguish bacterial diseases from other non-bacterial lookalikes. https://youtu.be/pTYmdIwjbao?si=Mf0GfKlioUIxSlE7 From Christy Hoepting (CCE Cornell Vegetable Program): Cornell Onion (Dry Bulb) Fungicide “Cheat Sheet” for Control of Leaf Diseases in New York, 2025 https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1216.pdf Onion disease risk prediction tool that can help you track your risk to Botrytis leaf blight, onion downy mildew, and purple blotch https://newa.cornell.edu/onion-diseases/