Peter Hirst and Miranda Purcell led ‘Agriculture in New Zealand’ Study Abroad trip with 16 students from May 14-28th. We visited vegetable farms, a dairy cattle farm, a sheep operation, a kiwifruit orchard, apple orchard, blueberry orchard, apple processing facility, a vineyard & winery along with many cultural and tourist attractions, such as Rangitoto Island,[Read More…]
The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab published “Simulated dormant peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) response to mesotrione: a greenhouse study” by Emmanuel G. Cooper, Jeanine Arana, and Stephen L. Meyers in Weed Technology. To read the “ahead-of-print” article visit: https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2023.27 “Thank you” to Nathaly Vargas, Laura Rodríguez, Luz Cardona, Julie Young, and Nathan Deppe for[Read More…]
On Friday, April 28th, Chris Adair and Vicki Stirm presented to youth from the World Food Prize Youth Institute. There were 3 groups totaling 28 students plus adults. The topic was food security. Chris spoke about the student farm and how they reach out to the community via the CSA program and working with the[Read More…]