Petrus Langenhoven attended the Indiana Small Farms Conference on February 29 and March 1. He presented a talk titled High Tunnel Sweet Pepper Variety Selection Update. He also presented two posters with Nathan Shoaf titled Impact of Soil Fertility Amendments and Cover Cropping on Soil Health and Building Soil Health: Sustainable Management Approaches to Overcome[Read More…]
We are very pleased to announce Dr. Petrus Langenhoven’s promotion from staff Extension specialist to Assistant Clinical Professor. In his new role, Dr. Langenhoven will continue to serve as the Director of the Purdue Student Farm and will continue his Extension, research and teaching programs primarily related to production of vegetable crops in indoor and[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven and Meredith Cobb (co-organizers) hosted the Midwest Mint Growers Conference in partnership with the Indiana Mint Market Development and Research Council (IMMDC). The meeting was held in South Bend, Indiana, on February 22 & 23, 2024. Linda Prokopy presented a talk titled Creating a Diverse Cornbelt. Carlos Lopez Manzano presented the Mint Weed Management[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven, Nathan Shoaf, Liz Maynard, Ashley Adair, Stephen Meyers, Jeanine Arana, and Emmanuel Cooper attended and presented at the Midwest Cover Crop Council meeting, which took place on February 13-14, 2024, in Indianapolis. Oral presentations for the Specialty Crops session. Presentation titles and authors: “Sweet Pepper Variety Performance in Response to Soil Health Management”[Read More…]
Petrus Langenhoven and Meredith Cobb are working with the Indiana Mint Market Development and Research Council (IMMDC) to plan the 2024 Midwest Mint Growers Conference. This year, the conference will be held in South Bend, IN, and we expect to see growers from Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin attend the conference. For more information, visit https://ag.purdue.edu/department/hla/extension/mint.html. Look[Read More…]
On December 14 the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program announced its list of 2023 Research and Education Awards (NCR-SARE’s 2023 Research and Education Awards – SARE North Central). A project entitled “Exploring Underutilized Weed Management Methods on Indiana Small Farms Through On-Farm Research, Community Learning, and Farmer-to-Farmer Education” was awarded $249,669.[Read More…]
Editor’s Note: This story had missing text in last week’s HLA Happenings. Below is the complete text of the story. HLA Happenings regrets this error. Tian Li (Mechanical Engineering), Lisa Mauer (Food Science), and Petrus Langenhoven (HLA) received an Ag-Eng – Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaboration between the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering grant. The project titled Self-Cooling[Read More…]