Wenjing Guan has been sharing her expertise at several grower-focused events this winter. In December, she presented on watermelon production at the Great Lakes Expo. Over the past two weeks, she delivered two presentations on strawberry production and one on cucumber production at the Great Plains Growers Conference. She also helped organize the Southern Indiana…Read more about Wenjing Guan Shares Specialty Crop Insights Across Regional Grower Conferences[Read More]
Registration is now open for the 2026 Indiana Horticulture and Small Farm Conference. Register for our new merged conference for horticultural crop growers and small farmers! PARP, CCH and CCA continuing education credits will be available. Coordinated by Purdue Extension Diversified Farming and Food Systems and the Purdue Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. March…Read more about Register for the Indiana Horticulture and Small Farm Conference[Read More]
Danville, Indiana – January 8, 2026 – Students, farmers, and researchers are invited to present at the 14th Annual Poster Session at the Indiana Horticulture & Small Farm Conference at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Indiana. The poster session will be held on Wednesday March 4, 2026 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (EST)….Read more about Students, Farmers, and Researchers are invited to share work at Indiana Horticulture & Small Farm Conference Poster Session[Read More]
Vegetable Chat is a webinar series focusing on vegetable crop production. The series is designed primarily for commercial vegetable growers, though producers of all scales may find the information valuable. Each session will feature an expert presentation followed by a Q&A discussion. The second session will focus on asparagus. We will hear from Ben Werling,…Read more about Vegetable Chat Webinar Series[Read More]
Petrus Langenhoven and collaborator Nathan Shoaf (Purdue Extension) attended the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable &Farm Market Expo in Grand Rapids, MI, from December 9-11, 2025. They were invited to present two talks about findings from their USDA AFRI Soil To Market project. The presentation titles are: A Mixed Systems Approach: Balancing Soil Fertility Management with…Read more about Petrus Langenhoven and Nathan Shoaf presented at Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo[Read More]
Ashley Adair moderated the panel discussion “Regenerative Agriculture: What Exactly Is It?” at the 2026 Ohio State Organic Grains Conference. Panelists included (from left) Eric Schwab, Ohio NRCS; Erin Silva, UW-Madison and OGRAIN; and Scott Myers, Woodlyn Acres Farm. Ashley has served on the OSU OGC planning committee since 2024. In 2027, the Indiana Organic…Read more about Ashley Adair Moderated Discussion at the 2026 Ohio State Organic Grains Conference[Read More]
Congratulations to several of our HLA researchers who received AgSEED grants for their projects. Petrus Langenhoven (PI) and collaborators Kranthi Varala, Amanda Deering, Allison Kingery, and Brian Schilling were awarded an AgSEED grant titled Assessing Scotch Bonnet Pepper Adaptability in the Midwest: A Preliminary Study of Variety Performance and Molecular Characterization. Scotch Bonnet peppers present…Read more about HLA Researchers Awarded AgSEED Grants[Read More]
On December 11, Ashley Adair and Bryan Overstreet (CCSI/Purdue Extension) hosted the last session in the 2025 Indiana Organic Webinar Series. The webinar, titled “Farmers’ Perspectives on Organic Transition,” featured three organic grain farmers from northwest Ohio and their thoughts and advice for other organic grain farmers considering going organic. The 2025 ION Webinar series…Read more about Ashley Adair Presented at Several Recent Events[Read More]
Two innovative initiatives led by Wenjing Guan are set to strengthen Indiana agriculture: Strengthening Purdue Extension’s Ability to Serve Indiana Cut Flower Farmers supported by the 2026 AgSEED program. Resilient Watermelon Production in Southern Indiana, funded by the National Watermelon Association’s 2026 Research Grants Program
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