Meet Dr. César Escalante, the New Vegetable Pathologist at the Southwest-Purdue Ag Center June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 Read More Greetings everyone! I am César Escalante, and I have recently been hired as the new vegetable pathologist by the Purdue Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. Starting July 1, 2024,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management Food Safety Considerations for Vegetable Farms June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Tari Gary and Amanda J Deering Read More Intense heat and long days serve as a reminder that we are officially in the heart of Summer, where Indiana consumers rush to grocery stores and farmers markets to purchase[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Irrigation Workshop for Small-Scale Vegetable Producers on Sept. 4 June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 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 Dinner Provided Join us for an informative workshop designed[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Irrigation Workshop Drying Out and Heating Up June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Jacob Dolinger Read More Meteorological spring (March-May) roared to a close on May 31, and the data is in—it was the 26th wettest on record in 130 years of records, with 14.28 inches of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Clearspring Produce Auction Update June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 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 Weed Spotlight: Common Milkweed June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Carlos Lopez and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names Common milkweed, silkweed, cotton-weed, Virginia silk, wild cotton, silky milkweed, common silkweed, showy milkweed, swallow wort. Latin name Asclepias syriaca. “Asclepias” from Asklepios, the Ancient Greek god of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management Insect Spotlight: Blow Flies June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Robert Grosdidier and Laura Ingwell Read More Blow flies are a group of iridescent green or blue flies belonging to the family Calliphoridae. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis, transitioning through egg-larva(maggot)-pupa-adult. Often in this situation, the larvae and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Beneficial Insects and Mites Spotlight From The Editor’s Desk June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 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 features our insect and weed spotlight articles. We also[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk Meteorological Spring Ending Wet With Drier Days Ahead May 30, 2024 - From Issue: 737 By: Jacob Dolinger Read More As of writing, it appears we’re heading into the start of meteorological summer (June 1) with a wet meteorological spring on the books. Meteorological spring will end with over 15[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Clearspring Produce Auction Update May 30, 2024 - From Issue: 737 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 « First‹ Previous1112131415 (current) 16171819Next ›Last »Page 15 of 55
Food Safety Considerations for Vegetable Farms June 28, 2024 - From Issue: 739 By: Tari Gary and Amanda J Deering Read More Intense heat and long days serve as a reminder that we are officially in the heart of Summer, where Indiana consumers rush to grocery stores and farmers markets to purchase[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
Irrigation Workshop for Small-Scale Vegetable Producers on Sept. 4 June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 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 Dinner Provided Join us for an informative workshop designed[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Irrigation Workshop
Drying Out and Heating Up June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Jacob Dolinger Read More Meteorological spring (March-May) roared to a close on May 31, and the data is in—it was the 26th wettest on record in 130 years of records, with 14.28 inches of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Clearspring Produce Auction Update June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 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
Weed Spotlight: Common Milkweed June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Carlos Lopez and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names Common milkweed, silkweed, cotton-weed, Virginia silk, wild cotton, silky milkweed, common silkweed, showy milkweed, swallow wort. Latin name Asclepias syriaca. “Asclepias” from Asklepios, the Ancient Greek god of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Insect Spotlight: Blow Flies June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 By: Robert Grosdidier and Laura Ingwell Read More Blow flies are a group of iridescent green or blue flies belonging to the family Calliphoridae. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis, transitioning through egg-larva(maggot)-pupa-adult. Often in this situation, the larvae and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Beneficial Insects and Mites Spotlight
From The Editor’s Desk June 14, 2024 - From Issue: 738 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 features our insect and weed spotlight articles. We also[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
Meteorological Spring Ending Wet With Drier Days Ahead May 30, 2024 - From Issue: 737 By: Jacob Dolinger Read More As of writing, it appears we’re heading into the start of meteorological summer (June 1) with a wet meteorological spring on the books. Meteorological spring will end with over 15[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Clearspring Produce Auction Update May 30, 2024 - From Issue: 737 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
