Liz Maynard published reports on 2021 no-till pumpkin and sweet corn trials: No-till Pumpkin after Winter Rye Cover Crop, Northern Indiana, 2021 and No-till Sweet Corn after Winter Rye Cover Crop, Northern Indiana, 2021.
The facility in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture was opened to students this semester. It will be used by multiple courses in the department to provide hands-on production and research experience to students. Students in HORT 31900 (Controlled Environment Production of Horticultural Crops) are currently utilizing the facility to conduct research projects.
Ariana Torres and Ben Van Dyke are co-leading a Spring Break Study Abroad program to Southern Spain. They and 18 students will visit the largest greenhouse fruit and vegetable production (13,000 hectares) in El Ejido. Other production systems included in the program are: olive oil, manchego cheese, bullfighting breeding, horse breeding, citrus production.
Petrus Langenhoven and Nathan Shoaf (Urban Ag, Purdue Extension) presented at the Indiana Small Farms Conference on March 7, 2022. The presentation titled ‘Soil health practices and compost amendments for vegetable production’ explained activities of the Soil to Market research-based Extension program they are implementing. Experiences of the 2021 production season were shared with the…Read more about Petrus Langenhoven & Nathan Shoaf Presented at the Indiana Small Farms Conference[Read More]
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture successfully presented the 2022 Indiana Horticulture Conference Webinar Series between Feb. 1 and March 1, 2022. We delivered 18 educational hours to 785 attendees from 19 States and Puerto Rico. We also had several international attendees. The co-chairs Petrus Langenhoven, Stephen Meyers, Lori Jolly-Brown, and Nathan Deppe would like to thank…Read more about 2022 Indiana Horticulture Conference Webinar Series a Success[Read More]
Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Growers’ Annual Meeting will be held in French Lick Resort & Casino on March 11, 2022. This meeting is in conjunction with Illiana Watermelon Association Annual Convention. Wenjing Guan, Steve Meyers and Jeanine Arana Cordonero from HLA will give presentations at the meeting.
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