January Deadlines for Two USDA Specialty Crop Programs December 18, 2024 By: Liz Maynard Read More Two USDA programs that provide payments to vegetable, fruit, and other specialty crop farmers have January deadlines. The FSA Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) application deadline is January 8,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: FSA USDA
Fifteen Reasons to Attend the Indiana Hort Conference January 14-15, 2025 December 13, 2024 By: Liz Maynard Read More Meet Purdue’s new Extension vegetable pathologist, Dr. César Escalante, and hear about the cucurbit diseases he found in 2024. Learn from Indiana’s cover crop guru, Dr. Eileen Kladivko–she doesn’t speak[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Conference Education
Southern Indiana Vegetable Growers & Illiana Watermelon Accociation Winter Meeting December 5, 2024 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Southern Indiana Vegetable Growers Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with Illiana Watermelon Association Convention (IWA). The meeting will take place on January 17th in French Lick, Indiana. The[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Cantaloupe Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Education Workshop
Virtual Beginning Farmer Program November 14, 2024 By: Amy Thompson Read More Farmer Recourse Planning for the Small-Scale Market Farmer Virtual via Zoom Get Your Farm Off To A Great Start! The goal of this 8-session program is to help new and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Beginning Farmer Education Virtual
Fall and Winter Conferences October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Our colleagues at the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group have compiled a list of some of the most important conferences and other meetings in the Midwestern region and elsewhere in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education
Homesteading Conference Will Feature Hands-on Workshops For Experts and Beginners October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Amy Rumschlag Read More Purdue University Extension’s 2024 Rooted & Resilient Homesteading Conference will take place on November 1 and 2 in Kendallville, IN, at the Community Learning Center. Attendees will gain practical skills[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Conference Education Homesteading
Seed Your Future Horticulture Internship Study October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Internships are a key part of training our students to be successful. With that in mind, Seed Your Future and NC State University have teamed up to help more students[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Seed Your Future Survey
Webinar Series on Financial Tools for Leafy Green Growers October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Ariana Torres, Juliano Marques and Jean Pierre Zavala Varela Read More The growth of local food movements offers small farmers economic opportunities to access attractive, high-value markets for sustainably and locally grown leafy greens. Still, farmers face a myriad of decisions[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Agribusiness HortCalculator
Safe Produce Indiana Welcomes New Team Member October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Scott Monroe, Amanda J Deering and Tari Gary Read More On October 1, the Safe Produce Indiana team welcomed Katheryn Parraga as its newest team member. Katheryn will serve as a Food Safety Research and Outreach Specialist in the Department[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety New Hire
A Chill Is In The Air – Online Tools for Monitoring and Climatology October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Beth Hall Read More While our daytime highs across the state have been in the upper 70s, our nighttime lows have been in the 40s. This is a great time to start thinking about[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
