David Owens is the University of Delaware’s Agricultural Entomology Extension Specialist and is located at the University of Delaware’s Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown. Starting in 2017, he has been providing extension education and support for Delaware field and vegetable crops. He conducts pest surveys of sweet corn, watermelon, small grain, soybean, and sorghum and conducts IPM and efficacy trials in cole crops, sweet corn, watermelon, and legumes. He contributes regularly to the UD Weekly Crop Update. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Virginia Tech and his doctorate from University of Florida and worked as a postdoc with USDA-ARS in Florida working with avocado pests and at NC State working with tomato pest management. He and his wife, Beth, have two children, Hazel and Jack