Purdue Fruit & Veg field day REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Register here: Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day
2024 presentations:
- Trap Crop System for Multi-generational Control of Flea Beetles in High Tunnel Brassica crops
- Pollinators in High Tunnels vs. Open Field Production
- Evaluating the Impacts of Insect-Derived Soil Amendments on Crop Production
- Impact of Soil Fertility Amendments and Cover Cropping on Soil Health and Pepper Production
- A Comparison of Silage Tarping and Herbicides for Weed Control in Potato
- Evaluating the Use of Lasers as a Bird Control Strategy in the Vineyard
- Exploring the Use of Herbicide-Impregnated Fertilizer for Improved Crop Tolerance in Pumpkin
- Modern apple orchard systems for commercial and backyard growers
Purdue Extension presented its second Fruit and Vegetable Field Day post-pandemic at the Throckmorton Purdue Agriculture Center’s Meigs Horticulture Research Farm, located in Lafayette, on July 20th, 2023. Extension Specialists and Graduate Students presented specialty crop research to 90 attendees. Attendees had only good things to say about the event. ‘It was an interesting program, I learned quite a bit.” “Excellent information and material.” “Excellent information and resources on new horticultural technology and techniques.” “Diversity of the tales, well explained and some topics never heard of before.” “I learned new techniques and gained some new ideas for the future”. As a result of the Fruit and Vegetable Field Day, 96% of survey respondents indicated (agree or strongly agree) that they learned something they didn’t know before, nearly half indicated they plan to adopt practices for horticulture and the environment (41%), and a third plan to adopt practices that increased yields (36%) and conserve resources (32%). Nearly three-quarters of past field day participants (71%) indicated that they had adopted new, recommended practices for their farm or operation. When asked what new practice they had adopted, participants responded: alteration of insect control program, refrain from using pesticides in high tunnels, and new ideas of types of trees to plant. All of the participants (100%) reported that they had experienced financial improvements because of adopting new, recommended practices from information presented at past field days.
Contact Lori Jolly-Brown or Petrus Langenhoven if you have any questions.
