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…]
Ashley Adair spoke about cover crop variety selection, cover crop considerations for weed, disease, and pest control, and cover crop termination methods at the Byron Seeds Advanced Soil Health Training event on 7/26 to an audience of about 50. Byron Seeds is an Amish-owned cover crop seed dealer based out of Parke County, IN. The[Read More…]
The 2022 Small Farm Education Field Day was held earlier today, Friday, July 29, at the Purdue Student Farm. Participants from HLA included Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Miranda Purcell, Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Emerson Espinoza, Petrus Langenhoven, Lian Durón, Eduardo Miranda, Stephen Meyers, Luis Medina, and Lori Jolly-Brown. Other participants included Amanda Deering, Scott Monroe,[Read More…]
The following is from the Purdue Extension ANR Newsletter for July, 2022. Bringing Big Grains to the Small Farm Ashley Adair, Extension Organic Agriculture Specialist, has been busy with all of the things that come with the role of a new extension specialist – teaching, planning events, visiting growers, brushing up on the scientific literature,[Read More…]