The old adage says that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. The first few days of March started off quite normal and then quickly transitioned to lamb-like (not an official meteorological term) conditions. Then the roller coaster ride began with above-normal temperatures, followed by cooler, stormier conditions, followed by milder[Read More…]
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One of our earliest harvested fruit crops in Indiana are strawberries. This is good and bad news, depending upon the occurrence of a late spring freeze. Strawberries are very susceptible to these freezes for a number of reasons: Air temperature at ground level is often colder than the reported low temperature, low spots may be[Read More…]
Did you know that almost half of the food we consume every day comes from crops the USDA categorizes as “minor” or “specialty” crops? Compared to the acreage of corn and soybean in the Midwest, fruit and vegetable crops are only a small percentage of crops grown. Not surprisingly, agrochemical companies focus their effort on[Read More…]
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