USDA is establishing new programs and efforts to bring financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and producers who felt the impact of COVID-19 market disruptions. The new initiative—USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers—will reach a broader set of producers than in previous COVID-19 aid programs. USDA is dedicating at least $6 billion toward the new programs. This…Read more about CFAP 2 – USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers[Read More]
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering the free online course “Risk Management Education for Farmers with On-Farm Visitors”. Producers will learn practical management techniques to enhance the safety and health of their on-farm visitors. For more information about this course, please visit Farmers with On-site Visitors Can Learn to Manage Risk during Free…Read more about A Free Course to Teach Farmers with On-site Visitors to Manage Risk[Read More]
Bolting of crops overwintered in high tunnels is common in the spring. ‘Bolting’ refers to lengthening and blooming of the flowering stalk. Bolting is often a problem because the quality of the marketable part of the plant declines. Also, plants subject to bolting are programmed to die once they complete flowering and seed production so…Read more about Bolting and Blooming in High Tunnels[Read More]
WHAT: An Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or just unwanted pesticides (weed killers, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, miticides, etc.) is being sponsored by the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC). This disposal service is free of charge up to 250 pounds per participant. Over…Read more about Clean Sweep 2021[Read More]
Three new vegetable IPM videos in Spanish are available on Youtube. They were made by a team led by Natalie Hoidal, Extension Educator at Univ. of Minnesota. Búsqueda de problemas en el campo (Scouting for problems in the field) Diagnóstico de problemas de las plantas (Diagnosing plant problems) Recolección de plantas enteras para el diagnóstico…Read more about IPM Videos in Spanish from the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group[Read More]
At the Pinney Purdue Ag Center in northern Indiana we had plots in 2020 with no-till sweet corn, pumpkins and winter squash following a rye cover crop. As is common when adapting new planting and tillage systems, we had both challenges and successes. Check out the video presentations to see photos of the plots, and…Read more about No-till Sweet Corn, Pumpkin and Winter Squash after Winter Rye – Reports from 2020[Read More]
The USDA is establishing new programs and efforts to bring financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and producers who felt the impact of COVID-19 market disruptions. The USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers announced recently include: Investing $6 Billion to Expand Help & Assistance to More Producers; Adding $500 Million of New Funding to Existing Programs; Carrying…Read more about Farmers may Benefit from Additional Financial Assistance[Read More]
The Vegetable Beet is a live weekly interview and discussion focused on vegetable production challenges and opportunities brought to you by the Great Lakes Vegetable Producers Network. We grow more together. JOIN US LIVE! We will be broadcasting live via Zoom at 12:30 ET/11:30 CT every Wednesday from the first week of March to the…Read more about Great Lakes Vegetable Producers Network’s Broadcast is Back[Read More]
A wide range of topics related to vegetable production was covered in our winter meetings. Recording of these meeting are available on-line now. If you missed these presentations, or want to visit them again, please follow the links to Purdue Extension Youtube Channel, where you will find a playlist for each of the meetings that…Read more about Winter Webinar Recordings[Read More]
There is still time to select sweet pepper varieties for this summer. During the 2020 growing season, I evaluated a new batch of five sweet bell pepper varieties. I also evaluated five sweet tapered pepper varieties for a second season. All varieties (Table 1, Figures 1 & 2) were grown in a high tunnel at…Read more about Have You Selected Your Sweet Pepper Varieties Yet?[Read More]
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