Indiana NRCS accepting applications for Farmers Helping Hellbenders RCPP project – February 17, 2023 Applications are being accepted through March 31 from farmers and forestland owners in portions of Washington, Harrison, Crawford, and Floyd counties. Funding is now available to producers in the Blue River-Sinking Watershed to implement conservation practices on their land to assist[Read More…]
Registration is now open for the Indiana Small Farm Conference to be held, in person, at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on March 2nd and 3rd. We have a full schedule of educational opportunities including keynote speakers Hunter Smith from WonderTree Farm on Thursday March 2nd and Sarah Frey from Frey Farms on Friday March 3rd. [Read More…]
Register for the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Webinar Expanding Market Access: Financial Assistance through USDA’s FSCSC Program The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and partners are hosting a webinar for stakeholders and producers that focuses on the new Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program. FSCSC will provide up to $200 million[Read More…]
OISC will mail renewal notices this week to all pesticide applicators with expiration of Dec. 31, 2022. Programs approved for credit are listed on PARP Event site: https://ppp.purdue.edu/private-applicators/recertification-parp/parp-events/ Only 2 PARPs in one year. Private applicators must have attended at least 1 PARP prior to 2022. If not, They will need to pass the certification exam.[Read More…]
This questionnaire is part of a USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)-funded proposal (DEVELOPING A NATIONAL TEAM TO OPTIMIZE NON-HERBICIDE WEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN COLE AND LEAFY GREEN CROPS) to identify grower interest in novel technology for weed management. Novel technology includes vision-guided sprayers/thinners, steam weeding, and precision mechanical, laser, and electric weeders. It may[Read More…]
The Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan Tri-state Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) conference is Saturday and Sunday, November 12th and 13th, in Ft, Wayne, IN. The conference starts with a Hawkins Family Farm tour on Saturday morning. Experts with Central State University, The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), in collaboration with[Read More…]