MELCAST 2016 April 26, 2016 - From Issue: 611 By: Dan Egel I have never had as many questions about how to use MELCAST as I did in 2015. The interest in this program is growing both here in Indiana and nationally.[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Climate and Weather Plant Disease Management
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
USDA Designates Disaster Areas in Indiana August 18, 2015 - From Issue: 604 By: Liz Maynard Read More On August 12, 2015, USDA designated 88 counties in Indiana as natural disaster areas due to heavy rainfall since May. The four counties not designated disaster areas are LaGrange,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Ag Economics – General Climate and Weather
Sunburn on Vegetables August 4, 2015 - From Issue: 603 By: Dan Egel and Liz Maynard Read More Loss of foliage due to poor growing conditions or disease can cause fruit to be exposed to the sun. Hot temperatures and direct sunlight can lead to areas of the[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Vegetable Crops – General Tomato Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
Food Safety Considerations for Flooded Vegetable Crops July 9, 2015 - From Issue: 601 By: Scott Monroe Read More With the record-setting rainfall we’ve seen over the past month, flooding of fields is very widespread (Figure 1). Fields that have experienced flooding present growers with difficult management choices. Flooding[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Food Safety Irrigation and Drainage
Nitrogen Loss from Wet Soils June 23, 2015 - From Issue: 600 By: Liz Maynard High rainfall amounts lead to loss of nitrogen from the soil. Sometimes the loss is great enough that a crop will benefit from additional nitrogen application. This article will describe[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Waterlogged Soils and Plant Growth June 23, 2015 - From Issue: 600 By: Liz Maynard Read More Much of the state has seen excessive rains in recent weeks (Fig. 1). When soils are saturated vegetable crops suffer. This article, slightly revised from its original publication date in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Crop Culture
