Weed management can succeed or fail based on a number of factors. In the last issue of Vegetable Crops Hotline, we began assessing weed control and the effects of rainfall and soil moisture on weed management. In this article, we’ll take a deeper look into herbicide resistance and tolerance. Herbicide tolerance is the inherent ability…Read more about Take a Moment to Assess Your 2026 Weed Control – Part 2 – Resistance and Tolerance[Read More]
Vegetable Crops - General
Dear Valued Vegetable Crops Hotline Readers, Welcome to issue 779 of the Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletter! Our mission remains steadfast: to deliver crucial updates on pest management, production practices, food safety, and marketing opportunities that directly impact your farming operations. What’s Inside This Issue Fall is here, and on many Indiana farms the season is…Read more about From The Editor’s Desk[Read More]
Agritourism: Understanding Benefits, Challenges, and Needs throughout the USA Date & Time October 6, 2:00 PM ET Webinar Description What are the primary concerns and challenges for agritourism operators in the USA — and how are these concerns being addressed? This webinar summarizes key findings from interviews with farmers and a nationwide survey of agritourism…Read more about Findings from the National Study of Agritourism Operators[Read More]
EPA Press Release – September 15, 2026 Today, EPA is announcing a new email subscription feature to help pesticide users quickly receive updates from the Bulletins Live! Two system, including notifications about new Pesticide Use Limitation Areas (PULAs) and changes to existing PULAs. EPA developed this feature in direct response to requests from pesticide users…Read more about EPA Launches New Email Subscription Feature to Help Pesticide Users with Endangered Species Act Requirements[Read More]
Do you know local food producers or farmers who want to sell to restaurants, grocery stores, schools, or wholesale distributors? I am letting you know that we’re offering the Market Ready program as an all-day, in-person workshop on October 30th at the Allen County Purdue Extension office (4001 Crescent Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana). Participants…Read more about Market Ready Training[Read More]
Please consider joining us at our next MVEG Field Day in Beaverville, IL, to learn about building out farm infrastructure in a hands-on learning format led by farmer Fresh Roberson of Fresher Together, alongside educators from Farmers Rising & the Carey Center for Agrarian Learning at McHenry County College. If you’re planning your farm’s building needs, looking for more resources on equipping your farm,…Read more about Midwest Vegetable Growers (MVEG) Field Day: Building Out Farm Infrastructure[Read More]
According to the Midwestern Regional Climate Center’s “Number of Days since last Precipitation Observation” tool, there is an increasing area of Indiana that has not had at least a tenth of an inch (number of days since precipitation tool provides maps for the Midwest region with precipitation threshold amounts of ≥ 0.01”, 0.10”, 0.25”, 0.50,…Read more about Lack of Rain May Bring Drought[Read More]
Join for a full day tradeshow, weeding tool discussions, and in-field demonstrations for managing weeds in row crops, vegetables, and tree fruit, with steep registration discounts for organic and organic-curious growers from Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. Each year, the Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day moves to a different state. This year, in its…Read more about Mechanical Weed Control Field Day – September 16[Read More]
About a third of the farmer phone calls and texts I receive as a weed science Extension specialist center around a lack of weed control in vegetable crops. The lines, “What went wrong?” and “What do I do now?” generally follow. As the summer starts to give way to fall, now is a good time…Read more about Take a Moment to Assess Your 2026 Weed Control – Part 1 – Rainfall[Read More]
Preparing for a third-party food safety audit can be challenging for produce growers, particularly when navigating audit requirements, understanding the audit scope, and determining which documentation and practices are required. To help growers better understand the process, Safe Produce Indiana, using the Purdue Student Farm as an example, has developed a four-part educational video series…Read more about Understanding the USDA Harmonized GAP Third-Party Audit: A Farmer’s Journey[Read More]