Upcoming Events February 16, 2016 - From Issue: 608 By: Wenjing Guan, Dan Egel, Gina Anderson and John Woodmansee 2016 Indiana Small Farm Conference Location: Danville, Indiana Date: March 3 to 5, 2016 Keynote speaker of this year’s conference is Mary Dee Berry the executive director of The Berry[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Events
Vegetables: An Overview of Production and Economic Significance in Indiana February 16, 2016 - From Issue: 608 By: Petrus Langenhoven In December 2015 I presented a talk at the Certified Crop Advisors Conference in Indianapolis titled ‘Specialty Crops of Indiana’. The information gathered for the talk was so interesting that[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General
Welcome to the 2016 Season from the New Editor February 16, 2016 - From Issue: 608 By: Wenjing Guan Welcome to a new year of the Vegetable Crops Hotline! Starting with this issue, I will be the new editor of VCH newsletter. If you do not know me yet,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General
The Produce Rule is Here! February 16, 2016 - From Issue: 608 By: Scott Monroe In November 2015 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final version of Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, otherwise known as[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
FoodLink is NOW READY for Your Use February 16, 2016 - From Issue: 608 By: Roy W Ballard Read More How many times have you had to explain to a customer how to select, prepare or store a product that you have grown and are offering for sale? Did you[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Ag Economics – General
Weather Update Winter 2016 February 16, 2016 - From Issue: 608 By: Hans F Schmitz Read More Winter is coming to a close in about a month, and the coldest of the days should be behind us at this point. Here in Indiana, El Nino usually points[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
End of the Season, Time to Renew October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Liz Maynard This is the final issue of the Vegetable Crops Hotline for 2015. Now is the time for subscribers who receive a paper copy in the mail to renew. A renewal[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: General Information
USDA Announces the Addition of “GroupGap” to its Audit Services October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Scott Monroe Recently the USDA announced the addition of a new third-party auditing service that will be available through the Ag Marketing Service (AMS). The service, called “GroupGAP”, will be available in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Marketing
Foodlink – A New Tool to Increase Farm Sales and Improve Shopper Knowledge about Specialty Crops October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Roy W Ballard Read More Consumers have many choices in today’s marketplace. Whether they are shopping in the your farm market, roadside stand, community farmers’ market or the local grocery store it makes no difference…busy[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Marketing
SARE Farmer Rancher Grant Deadling Coming Up October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Liz Maynard There is still time to submit a proposal to this grant program. The 2016 Farmer Rancher Grant Program of NCR SARE offers grants for farmer-initiated projects of up to $7,500[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: General Information
