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January 22, 2021 URBANA, Ill. – When downstate peach growers need a new cold-hardy variety, or when pumpkin fields are threatened by pests, growers rely on the experts at University of Illinois Extension. Extension educators have hosted in-person specialty crop schools in Southern Illinois for decades, offering regionally-focused updates and practical tools that small-scale and commercial specialty growers can use in the field. “Extension is still the primary source of research-based infor...

Fruit, vegetable meeting goes virtual Feb. 10 Jan. 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail COLLINSVILLE — University of Illinois Extension will host its 2021 Fruit & Vegetable Virtual Conference on Wednesday, Feb. 10. This school is the Southwestern Illinois Tree Fruit School normally held in Hardin combined with the Southern Illinois Fruit & Vegetable School normally held in Mt. Vernon. There will be tree fruit, small fruit and vegetable sessions. Each session will conclude with a question and answer ...