Many of the pesticide products Indiana farmers use do not include specialty crops on the container’s label. These uses are often added through 24C Special Local Need (SLN) or supplemental labels, which can be challenging to locate. In response, the Office of the Indiana State Chemist created a “Pesticide Products- Special State Registrations” webpage with…Read more about Where to Find “Special” Indiana Pesticide Registrations[Read More]
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Call for Proposals Learn more about the North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Graduate Student Grant Program here; awards can be up to $20,000 for projects lasting up to 36 months. Applications are due by 4 pm Central on April 18, 2024. Indiana SARE State Coordinator Lais McCartney can read your grants and suggest…Read more about North Central SARE Graduate Student Grant Program[Read More]
The USDA 2022 Ag Census was released on February 13, 2024. What does it say about vegetable production in Indiana? The number of farms growing vegetables for sale is 1,456, just 1.9% more than reported in the 2017 census. The acreage of vegetables harvested for sale is 38,483, a decrease of 4.1% from the 2017…Read more about What Does the 2022 Ag Census Show About Indiana Vegetable Production?[Read More]
There are many traps available to help with monitoring insect populations. As you prepare for the 2024 growing season, I wanted to review some of them in case you want to implement trapping on your farm to help improve your pest management programs. Trap Design Traps come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors….Read more about Insect Traps as a Monitoring Tool[Read More]
Attention Strawberry Growers. A group of scientists are surveying growers’ current practices and opinions about agricultural mulches in their strawberry fields. They hope that growers can share information about current practices and opinions about different types of agricultural mulches with the research team by completing a short online survey. The survey is located here: https://opinion.wsu.edu/strawberries24…Read more about Strawberry Agricultural Mulches Survey[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 Schedule Jane Marian Luis, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University Research seminar: Monday, March 11, 9:30 am – https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/92753733795 Extension seminar: Monday, March 11,…Read more about Vegetable Pathologist Candidate Seminars[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 at the Purdue Extension Food Safety Training Hub on February 27. This will be a full day of training. Topics include produce food safety basics,…Read more about Cleaning and Sanitizing Workshop – February 27[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 use this innovative technology to transport you to the farm so that we can navigate around to talk about the farms’ pest challenges and what…Read more about Urban Agriculture Pest Management Special Event[Read More]
It is something that those who work with farmers hear frequently: “I’ll never retire!” or “I do have a retirement plan; to die in the tractor!”. While those statements may seem humorous on the surface, they give insight to a deep-seated issue among farmers. Many farmers are simply disinclined to retire. In a recent survey…Read more about Farmer Retirement: An Elusive Concept?[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 improvement of vegetable production and marketing in Indiana. The IVGA supports education and research about vegetables and melons in Indiana, and as your advocate, the IVGA…Read more about Indiana Vegetable Growers Association Membership[Read More]
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