The 2022 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide website, book and online app received a national award from the American Society of Horticultural Science in the multimedia category of the Extension Division 2022 Educational Materials Awards. The executive editor is Ben Phillips from Michigan State and lead editors are Purdue Extension Specialists Dan Egel, Laura Ingwell, Liz[Read More…]
Stephen Meyers spoke with WLFI reporter Marlee Thomas about Indiana pumpkin production for a news story and report that aired Monday October 10: What to do with your pumpkins after the fall season | News | wlfi.com He also spoke with Purdue Marketing and Communications about pumpkins. The video interview was made available to the[Read More…]
Ashley Adair and Steve Meyers attended the Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day at the Michigan State Southwest Research and Extension Center. Tools for farms of all sizes were demonstrated for attendees, including hand tools, robotic tools, belly mount tools, and 3-point hitch tools. This event would be a great showcase for faculty, staff, and[Read More…]
Krishna Nemali and others hosted a tour for 19 visitors that included ag advisory members and farmers from Hungary to showcase HLA’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) program. This included a short presentation about CEA faculty and research, teaching, and extension activities and several graduate and undergraduate students shared research activities. The group visited the greenhouses[Read More…]
Strawberry Chat is a virtual discussion about strawberry production at small and diversified farms in Indiana and neighboring states. Drs. Wenjing Guan and Miranda Purcell are the program’s hosts. We invite guests to discuss various topics in strawberry production. We post the discussion as a podcast. The project has six episodes now. You can access[Read More…]
