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A developer approaches a local plan commission, seeking approval to locate a wind or solar farm in the community. But the community may not have an ordinance that regulates a commercial solar or commercial wind development. Or, because the...
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Purdue Extension provided in-person and virtual basic training for gardening enthusiasts who desire to volunteer in consumer horticulture education projects. The training is at least 40 hours and covers required topics: plant science, soils and plant nutrition, plant disease diagnosis, weed ID and control, insect ID and control, invasive species, pesticide safety and alternatives, lawn care, herbaceous and woody ornamentals, vegetable and fruit gardening, and animal pest management.
The Indiana Forage Council’s Hoosier Hay Contest begins Saturday, June 1, this year. The friendly competition encourages Indiana producers to cultivate higher quality hay during the 2024 season.
Over the last three growing seasons, Purdue Extension established demonstration plots of cover crops and reduced tillage in vegetables at Purdue’s Agricultural Centers (PACs). Extension collaborated with the Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts to establish cover crop demonstrations specifically for small specialty crop farms at the Pinney Purdue Agricultural Center (PPAC).
Purdue Extension provided a five-session virtual series, Manure Management and Utilization Technologies. Purdue Extension collaborated to deliver this series with university, industry and agency partners: University of Missouri, University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, Penn State University, Bio Town Ag, Curtis Creek Dairy/ Prairie, A&L Great Lakes Laboratories, EcoEngineers, BioWorks Energy (BioWorks) LLC, CleanFuture, Inc., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, Canada.
Social Security trustees just published their annual report about the program’s finances. They predict that the combined $2.8 trillion retirement and disability trust fund will run dry in 2035—just 11 years from now.
Purdue Extension created an 11-session virtual series, Forage Forum Fridays, about seed industry, hay evaluations, private applicator recertification program (PARP) credits, marketing and purchasing hay, sorghum genetics, fertilizer issues, forage focused leasing, forage toolkit, farming with a four-wheeler, equipment maintenance, and livestock production labeling.
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