2024 Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day – Registration Open March 14, 2024 - From Issues: 732 / 734 / 735 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Purdue Extension presented its second Fruit and Vegetable Field Day post-pandemic at the Throckmorton Purdue Agriculture Center’s Meigs Horticulture Research Farm, located in Lafayette, on July 20th, 2023. Extension Specialists[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education Field Day
From the Editor’s Desk February 22, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. What’s new in 2024? The VCH will publish seventeen newsletter issues[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
Selecting Vegetable Varieties for Your Farm February 22, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Are you still thinking about varieties for the upcoming season? Purdue has been keeping a record of vegetable variety trials in the Midwest since 1999. The Midwest Vegetable Trial Report series includes[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Vegetable Crops – General Broccoli Cauliflower Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Watermelon Peppers Tomato Article Tags: Production Management Varieties Vegetable Trial Reports
Vegetable Pathologist Candidate Seminars February 18, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More A search committee appointed by the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology has identified three candidates who will be interviewed for the Clinical Vegetable Pathologist position at SWPAC, Vincennes. Interview[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Careers
Cleaning and Sanitizing Workshop – February 27 February 6, 2024 - From Issue: 730 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More The Safe Produce Indiana team is partnering with Michigan State University and the North Central Region Center for FSMA Training, Extension, and Outreach to host a cleaning and sanitizing workshop[Read More…] Article Tags: Education
Urban Agriculture Pest Management Special Event February 5, 2024 - From Issue: 730 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Join members of the Great Lakes Urban Agriculture IPM Working Groups to debut our first of nine virtual farm tours that were created during the 2023 growing season. We will[Read More…] Article Tags: Urban Agriculture
Indiana Vegetable Growers Association Membership February 1, 2024 - From Issue: 730 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Indiana Vegetable Growers Association (IVGA) Membership Renewal /Application The IVGA was established in the early 1900’s to be the Voice for Vegetable Growers in Indiana and is dedicated to the[Read More…] Article Tags: Grower Groups
Dan Egel Retiring Feb. 2, 2024 January 5, 2024 - From Issue: 730 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More A Golden Career Dan Egel will retire from Purdue University as of February 2, 2024. Dan has been in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department since 1995, stationed at the Southwest[Read More…] Article Tags: Retirement
Senior Horticulture Crops Research Technician January 4, 2024 - From Issue: 730 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Take your Next Giant Leap and Discover your next career at Purdue University. At the Meigs Horticultural Research Facility, part of the Throckmorton Ag Center at Purdue University, there is[Read More…] Article Tags: Careers
Save the Date: Purdue Small Farms Conference October 19, 2023 - From Issue: 729 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Article Tags: Conference
