Clearspring Fresh Produce Auction Update August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Jeff Burbrink Read More The Clearspring Produce Auction is located just 2 miles south of US 20 in Clearspring Township in the Heart of the LaGrange-Elkhart Amish Settlement. It is within easy driving distance[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Direct markets Farm Market Wholesale Markets
Hot for August’s End, Little Rain in Sight August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Jacob Dolinger Read More Pattern changes, like the one we’ve experienced in the middle of the month, are quite typical for August. The humidity decreases a bit, the soils dry out, and sometimes, as[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Insect Spotlight: Lasioglossum Sweat Bees August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Robert Grosdidier and Laura Ingwell Read More Lasioglossum sweat bees are common pollinators in agricultural landscapes. These bees are small black, brown, or iridescent green/blue bees that belong to the family Halictidae. They can often be mistaken[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Weed Sptolight: Common Ragweed August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Common ragweed, annual ragweed, hogweed, hay-fever weed, Roman wormweed, and bitterweed. Latin name: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. “Ambrosia” is from Greek mythology and refers to the food or drink[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
From The Editor’s Desk August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. This issue includes our regular insect and weed spotlight articles, an[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
Cooler Temperatures should Settle in for a While August 8, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Beth Hall Read More After a period of hot and humid weather where heat indices reached triple digits in some locations, we welcome cooler than normal temperatures for the next several days. It is[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Weed Spotlight: Common Purslane August 7, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: purslane, pusley, pursley, wild portulaca, common portulaca, little hooweed, low pigweed Latin name: Portulaca oleracea L. Family: Portulacaceae (Purslane family) Life Cycle Common purslane is a summer annual[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
From The Editor’s Desk August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. Everyone is probably seeing a glut of tomatoes and other[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
NCR-SARE Announces 2025 Call for Partnership Grant Proposals August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 Read More Extracted from a SARE email received on August 1, 2024. The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) 2025 Partnership Grant Program Call for Proposals is now[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: SARE Clearspring Produce Auction Update August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Jeff Burbrink Read More The Clearspring Produce Auction is located just 2 miles south of US 20 in Clearspring Township in the Heart of the LaGrange-Elkhart Amish Settlement. It is within easy driving distance[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Direct markets Wholesale Markets « First‹ Previous1011121314 (current) 15161718Next ›Last »Page 14 of 58
Clearspring Produce Auction Update August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Jeff Burbrink Read More The Clearspring Produce Auction is located just 2 miles south of US 20 in Clearspring Township in the Heart of the LaGrange-Elkhart Amish Settlement. It is within easy driving distance[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Direct markets Wholesale Markets
