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Understanding Farm Decision-Making: Insights from the 2024-2025 Producer Survey

September 5, 2025 - From Issue: 761

By: Maria Marshall and Renee Wiatt

Small and medium-sized vegetable farms face unique challenges balancing profitability with sustainable production practices and food safety requirements. To better understand how these farmers navigate complex decision-making processes, the Soil [Read More…]

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From The Editor’s Desk

September 5, 2025 - From Issue: 761

By: Petrus Langenhoven

Dear Valued VCH Readers, Welcome to this week’s edition of the Vegetable Crops Hotline! As we move deeper into September, two critical factors are shaping Indiana’s agricultural landscape: the rapid [Read More…]

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Cleaning and Sanitation Workshop

August 21, 2025 - From Issue: 760

By: Sarah Hanson

Keeping produce safe and meeting buyers’ and regulatory expectations starts with strong cleaning and sanitation practices. Farms that implement proper procedures not only protect public health but also improve efficiency [Read More…]

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Producer Price Index by Commodity: Farm Products: Fresh and Dry Vegetables

August 21, 2025 - From Issue: 760

By: Petrus Langenhoven

Good to know. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED® is a valuable resource for fruit and vegetable producer price index and other data. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU0113# Below is an example [Read More…]

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Super cool & super dry for August’s end: How the weather tables have turned

August 21, 2025 - From Issue: 760

By: Jacob Dolinger

Figure 1. The CPC indicates a nearly 100% chance of below normal temperatures over much of the Midwest.

With brute and sudden force, the atmosphere is doing its job: acting like a fluid. Weather is not a precise science, which means the atmosphere is constantly shifting. There tends [Read More…]

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From The Editor’s Desk

August 21, 2025 - From Issue: 760

By: Petrus Langenhoven

Dear Valued VCH Readers, Welcome to this week’s edition of the Vegetable Crops Hotline! What a difference a few days can make! After weeks of hot, humid weather that kept [Read More…]

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Boost Your Produce Sales with FoodLink: A Free Resource for Farmers

August 8, 2025 - From Issue: 759

By: Sarah Hanson

How many times have you watched as a potential buyer walks away from a fruit or vegetable they are unfamiliar with? On the flip side, have you noticed how a [Read More…]

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Indiana Food Systems News

August 8, 2025 - From Issue: 759

By: Sarah Hanson

Veteran-grown food to Indiana schools Are you a Veteran farmer in Indiana? Help Us Bring Hoosier-grown, Veteran-grown food to Indiana schools! At Ease Orchard has received a planning grant to [Read More…]

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National Needs Assessment Offers Guidance to Tailor On-farm Food Safety Education for Military Veteran Farmers

August 8, 2025 - From Issue: 759

By: Autumn Stoll and Yaohua (Betty) Feng

Cherry tomatoes for sale at Farmers Market.

Food safety education is most effective when it is customized to meet the unique needs of its intended audience. A one-size fits all approach is not appropriate, especially when working [Read More…]

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New Ag Climate Dashboard Makes Climate Resources More Accessible for Midwest Farmers

August 8, 2025 - From Issue: 759

By: Devyn Raver

The Ag Climate Dashboard offers tools to help monitor extreme weather events in addition to crop growth, pest threats and climate anomalies. (Agricultural Communications)

Press release originally published HERE WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC), with support from the United Soybean Board, has launched the Ag Climate Dashboard — a centralized digital hub offering streamlined [Read More…]

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Vegetable Crops - General

Understanding Farm Decision-Making: Insights from the 2024-2025 Producer Survey

From The Editor’s Desk

Cleaning and Sanitation Workshop

Producer Price Index by Commodity: Farm Products: Fresh and Dry Vegetables

Super cool & super dry for August’s end: How the weather tables have turned

From The Editor’s Desk

Boost Your Produce Sales with FoodLink: A Free Resource for Farmers

Indiana Food Systems News

National Needs Assessment Offers Guidance to Tailor On-farm Food Safety Education for Military Veteran Farmers

New Ag Climate Dashboard Makes Climate Resources More Accessible for Midwest Farmers

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