As vegetable growers get ready for the 2021 season, one question might be to find up-to-date information about fungicides and how to apply them. Some possible resources are listed below. The Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers offers recommendations for fungicides and other pesticides and practices that have been updated for the 2021 season….Read more about Fungicide Information for 2021[Read More]
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The Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory (PPDL) specializes in the identification of plant diseases, insects and plants, as well as in the diagnosis of plant-health related problems. The PPDL is a partner in the national Plant Diagnostic Network (http://www.npdn.org), a national consortium of diagnostic laboratories dedicated to enhancing the work of diagnostic labs…Read more about The Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab – Ready to Serve You[Read More]
As vegetable growers get ready for the 2021 season, it might be a good idea to keep the list below handy. Most of the names one would need to contact during the season are listed along with their contact information. Tamara Benjamin – Farm Planning (765) 496-1930 tamara17@purdue.edu Amanda Deering – Food Safety (765) 494-0512…Read more about Purdue Specialists[Read More]
A special project group of the North Central Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center wants to learn about your concerns and experiences with herbicide drift. The group is surveying growers of fruits, vegetables, and other specialty crops in the upper Midwest. To truly understand the frequency, severity, and economic impact of herbicide drift on specialty crops,…Read more about Grower Survey to Assess Herbicide Drift Damage in the North Central U.S.[Read More]
Date: Mar. 12, 2021 Time: 9:00am-noon EST Location: Virtual, connection information will be sent 3 days prior to the event. There is no cost for this program unless you need PARP/CCH credits. To receive PARP/CCH credits you must register and pay by Mar. 5th, at https://www.cvent.com/d/tjq1sp. PARP participants must attend all sessions between 9:55-11:55am to receive credit. CCH participants…Read more about Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Growers Annual Meeting[Read More]
Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports provide yield and quality data based on field test results under different cropping conditions. Reports based on projects in 2020 include variety trial results for asparagus, peppers – bell, specialty, and chile, cantaloupe, pickling cucumber, summer squash, and seedless watermelon. Cultural practice trials include no-till sweet corn and pumpkin after winter…Read more about Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports Update[Read More]
Welcome to a new year of the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. As usual, we will have fifteen issues throughout the 2021 growing season. The first issue of the year is sent to all who subscribed to VCH via US-mail in 2020 as well as new…Read more about Welcome to a New Year of the Vegetable Crops Hotline[Read More]
We would like to remind readers about the 2021 version of the Midwest Vegetable Production Guide (ID-56). The new guide has been produced; however, the usual printed versions will not be for sale since we will have no in-person meetings at which to sell them. To find out how to access the on-line guide, or to…Read more about The Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers 2021 (ID-56)[Read More]