The Midwest Mint Growers Conference was held on February 23 and 24 at Fair Oaks Farms, Fair Oaks, IN. The annual meeting is organized by Meredith Cobb (Ag Research) and Petrus Langenhoven (HLA) in partnership with the Indiana Mint Market Development and Research Council (IMMDC). Speakers from HLA include Linda Prokopy and Stephen Meyers. Elizabeth…Read more about HLA at the Midwest Mint Growers Conference[Read More]
The Purdue Landscape Architecture program career fair was a resounding success. Hosted from the Beck Agricultural Center on February 10, 46 design firms from around the country enrolled to participate and over 200 student interviews were held for traditional summer internships, year-long co-op internships, and post-graduation employment opportunities. Firms represented a wide range of design…Read more about Purdue Landscape Architecture Career Fair[Read More]
Purdue Today featured Cary Mitchell and Fatemeh Sheibani’s novel research on LED lighting in vertical farming was on February 21. Their research designed two simple strategies that would increase yield while reducing costs in vertical farming, the fastest growing sector in controlled environment agriculture. Other media outlets picked up the story, including Indiana Public Media.
Our team Split Happens played against Bowling Problem Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 22 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points, moving our team from 6th place up to 2nd place. Nice job everyone! In the Men’s Category, Chris Adair placed 3rd with scratch game scoring…Read more about HLA Bowling Team This Week[Read More]
Monday’s (Feb 13) Exponent had 2 articles that mentioned HLA specialists: “Caring for a dark plant after a white winter” by Laurent Wetterau quotes Karen Mitchell about plant maintenance. “Master Gardener program sprouts new ideas” by Allie Matthews quotes John Orick discussing the EMG program.
Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow recently had a manuscript published. “Cool-season golf course fairway species irrigation requirements under limited irrigation” It is an open access paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20205. The manuscript reports the results of a two-year field study looking at various traditional and alternative cool-season golf course fairway grasses for their summer water needs. These data…Read more about Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow Published New Paper[Read More]
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