Crop loss in 2020 and 2021 led many growers to greatly reducing their fungicide applications, or use just captan or mancozeb, which, although effective against scab, are not effective against powdery mildew. Coupled with our unusually dry weather, this has led to a build-up of powdery mildew (PM) inoculum, and continued management issues surrounding this…Read more about Powdery Mildew[Read More]
Pome Fruits
I hope the growing season is going well for all fruit producers! My team and several grower collaborators (thank you!) have been monitoring fruit insect pests this season in apple and blueberry, including codling moth, spotted-wing drosophila, and brown marmorated stink bugs. So, for this issue of Facts for Fancy Fruit I thought I would…Read more about Fruit insect monitoring updates[Read More]
Purdue Fruit, Veg & Hemp Field Day Meigs Purdue Ag Center 9101 S 100 E, Lafayette, IN 47909 July 21, 2022 More details to come.
Join us for the Indiana Horticultural Society Summer Meeting Beasley’s Orchard, Danville, IN July 18 All are invited More details to come.
Why Should I Buy Crop Insurance? It’s still the number one question farmers ask me. And I know what they’re really asking is, does crop insurance actually pay? Is it worth it? In the end, that’s up to you to decide, but it’s important to understand the role crop insurance plays in the long-term success…Read more about Thought Leadership | Crop Insurance – Protect the Farm, US apple Association[Read More]
Indiana seems to experience the entirety of US weather, sometimes in the same day. The recent spate of cool, wet weather has left apple scab one happy fungus (Fig. 1). Most of the state just underwent an extreme scab period, and unfortunately, few of us could do anything about it because of the combination of…Read more about Wet weather & apple scab[Read More]
