Seeking Spanish-Speaking Growers for Online PSA GT Course Pilot June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 Read More The Produce Safety Alliance is offering an additional pilot of the Spanish Language Online Grower Training. This pilot course will be offered at no cost to the participants and is[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Will Recent Rain Events Be Enough? June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Beth Hall Read More Last week, temperatures were higher than normal, and the lack of precipitation was causing lawns to turn brown, creek and lake levels to drop, and some crops to start showing[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Irrigation Workshop for Small-Scale Vegetable Producers on Sept. 4 June 28, 2024 - From Issues: 739 / 740 / 741 / 742 / 743 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Date: September 4, 2024 Time: 3:00 – 8:00 PM EST Location: Southwest Purdue Ag Center, 4369 N Purdue Rd, Vincennes, IN 47591 Dinner Provided Join us for an informative workshop[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Irrigation Workshop Clearspring Produce Auction Update June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 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: Farm Market Wholesale Markets Fruiting Vegetable Responses to Drought Stress June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Wenjing Guan Read More It seems the season has shifted abruptly from wet to dry. Over the past week, we’ve begun to hear reports typically associated with hot and dry conditions. At the Southwest[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Cucumbers Peppers Tomato Article Tags: Climate and Weather Greenhouses & High Tunnels Irrigation High Temperature Affects Fruit Set of Vegetable Crops June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Liz Maynard and Wenjing Guan Read More Recent high temperatures have been above optimum for vegetable crops. Around Indiana, from June 12 to 25 the daily high was more than 90°F on at least 5 days and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Abiotic Stress Production Management An Introduction to Predatory Gall Midges June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Allison Zablah and Laura Ingwell Read More We want to introduce you to a predatory insect that you will find in your cropping systems, and it’s a fly! Predatory gall midges belong to the Cecidomyiidae family and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Weed spotlight: Carpetweed June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Carpetweed, Indian chickweed, whorled chickweed, devils-grip, green carpetweed Latin name: Mollugo verticillata L. Family: Molluginaceae General Description and Life Cycle Carpetweed is a summer annual. Compared to other[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management Silage Tarps for Small Farm Weed Management June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More The use of silage tarps for weed management has increased dramatically in recent years, including in our own research in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab at Purdue University. This[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Weed Management Marketing & Social Media for Vegetable Farms June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Ariana Torres Read More Most Americans use social media to share information, find entertainment, and engage with businesses, which has made social media an important information source for all generations. Figure 1 shows findings[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Farm Market Marketing Social media « First‹ Previous1011121314 (current) 15161718Next ›Last »Page 14 of 55
Will Recent Rain Events Be Enough? June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Beth Hall Read More Last week, temperatures were higher than normal, and the lack of precipitation was causing lawns to turn brown, creek and lake levels to drop, and some crops to start showing[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Irrigation Workshop for Small-Scale Vegetable Producers on Sept. 4 June 28, 2024 - From Issues: 739 / 740 / 741 / 742 / 743 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Date: September 4, 2024 Time: 3:00 – 8:00 PM EST Location: Southwest Purdue Ag Center, 4369 N Purdue Rd, Vincennes, IN 47591 Dinner Provided Join us for an informative workshop[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Irrigation Workshop
Clearspring Produce Auction Update June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 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: Farm Market Wholesale Markets
Fruiting Vegetable Responses to Drought Stress June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Wenjing Guan Read More It seems the season has shifted abruptly from wet to dry. Over the past week, we’ve begun to hear reports typically associated with hot and dry conditions. At the Southwest[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Cucumbers Peppers Tomato Article Tags: Climate and Weather Greenhouses & High Tunnels Irrigation
High Temperature Affects Fruit Set of Vegetable Crops June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Liz Maynard and Wenjing Guan Read More Recent high temperatures have been above optimum for vegetable crops. Around Indiana, from June 12 to 25 the daily high was more than 90°F on at least 5 days and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Abiotic Stress Production Management
An Introduction to Predatory Gall Midges June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Allison Zablah and Laura Ingwell Read More We want to introduce you to a predatory insect that you will find in your cropping systems, and it’s a fly! Predatory gall midges belong to the Cecidomyiidae family and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Weed spotlight: Carpetweed June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Carpetweed, Indian chickweed, whorled chickweed, devils-grip, green carpetweed Latin name: Mollugo verticillata L. Family: Molluginaceae General Description and Life Cycle Carpetweed is a summer annual. Compared to other[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Silage Tarps for Small Farm Weed Management June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Josue Cerritos and Stephen Meyers Read More The use of silage tarps for weed management has increased dramatically in recent years, including in our own research in the Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab at Purdue University. This[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Weed Management
Marketing & Social Media for Vegetable Farms June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Ariana Torres Read More Most Americans use social media to share information, find entertainment, and engage with businesses, which has made social media an important information source for all generations. Figure 1 shows findings[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Farm Market Marketing Social media
