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Vegetable Crops - General
The time has arrived to start implementing our scouting programs for monitoring and early detection, an integral part of your integrated pest management plan. In high tunnels or other protected environments there are a variety of insect pests that are capable of overwintering and can move into an of the early-season crops that you are…Read more about Early Season Scouting[Read More]
Last year at about this time, we announced that the Southwest Purdue Ag Center (SWPAC) would be closed to visitors due to concerns about the pandemic. At this time, SWPAC is still closed to visitors. We have devised an alternative method of dropping off samples that will avoid face-to-face contact. Follow these instructions to drop…Read more about Vegetable Samples for the SW Purdue Ag Center[Read More]
A natural wonder will occur in 15 states this year: the emergence of the Brood X, 17-year periodical cicadas! Also known as “17-year or 13-year locusts” the last mass emergence of these insects occurred in 2004. Now, 17 years later, the immature cicadas will emerge from the ground, molt one last time to gain wings,…Read more about Periodical Cicadas are Coming, but Your Vegetables are Safe![Read More]
There is a frost and freeze warning for 4/20, 4/21, 4/22. Vegetable growers should be prepared to take protective actions on early-planted warm-season vegetables (tomato, cucumber, pepper, summer squash, bean etc.). For high tunnel growers, medium-weight floating row covers should provide sufficient protection. Growers should close the structure when inside temperatures drop below 80°F to…Read more about Frost and Freeze Warning[Read More]
March wrapped up as one of Indiana’s wettest (44th wettest out of 126 years) and warmest (16th warmest). It was marked by unusually warm days and then cool days. Was it ever just average? Certainly, most days fell within the climatological range of temperatures. Precipitation seemed to be partial to the southern part of the…Read more about April Showers or Lingering Drought?[Read More]
USDA is establishing new programs and efforts to bring financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and producers who felt the impact of COVID-19 market disruptions. The new initiative—USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers—will reach a broader set of producers than in previous COVID-19 aid programs. USDA is dedicating at least $6 billion toward the new programs. This…Read more about CFAP 2 – USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers[Read More]
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering the free online course “Risk Management Education for Farmers with On-Farm Visitors”. Producers will learn practical management techniques to enhance the safety and health of their on-farm visitors. For more information about this course, please visit Farmers with On-site Visitors Can Learn to Manage Risk during Free…Read more about A Free Course to Teach Farmers with On-site Visitors to Manage Risk[Read More]
WHAT: An Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or just unwanted pesticides (weed killers, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, miticides, etc.) is being sponsored by the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC). This disposal service is free of charge up to 250 pounds per participant. Over…Read more about Clean Sweep 2021[Read More]
Three new vegetable IPM videos in Spanish are available on Youtube. They were made by a team led by Natalie Hoidal, Extension Educator at Univ. of Minnesota. Búsqueda de problemas en el campo (Scouting for problems in the field) Diagnóstico de problemas de las plantas (Diagnosing plant problems) Recolección de plantas enteras para el diagnóstico…Read more about IPM Videos in Spanish from the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group[Read More]