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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Several updated resources from Purdue Extension will help fruit and vegetable growers stay on top of the latest crop management strategies and research. The 2021 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (ID-56) is available online to download for free. This annual guide is a summary of currently suggested vegetable varieties, seeding rates, fertilizer rates, weed control, insect control and disease control measures for commercial growers. The online ...

Purdue Extension updates guides for fruit and vegetable growers WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Several updated resources from Purdue Extension will help fruit and vegetable growers stay on top of the latest crop management strategies and research. The 2021 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (ID-56) is available online to download for free. This annual guide is a summary of currently suggested vegetable varieties, seeding rates, fertilizer rates, weed control, insect control and...

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 ...