Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...
The public and those who raise vegetables commercially or as a hobby are invited to a vegetable and high tunnel field day on Tuesday, August 13, at Pinney Purdue Ag Center (PAC), 11402 South County ...
A farmer has created purple, green and orange varieties of cauliflower in a bid to get more people eating vegetables. The 'rainbow' caulis are part of Andrew Burgess' plan to improve the diets of ...
The Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Field Day, held on June 20 at Meigs Farm, was a success. Seventy attendees came out to learn more about the latest research on weed and pest management in horticultural ...
Plant physiologists have been investigating ways to help vegetable plants make a less stressful transition from the greenhouse to the field. Dr. Daniel Leskovar, a Texas AgriLife Research plant ...
When Monsanto buys into a market, they buy in big. In 2005, Monsanto’s seed/genetic trait holdings were primarily in corn, cotton, soybeans, and canola. That year, they purchased Seminis, the world’s ...
Every spring brings warm breezes, the undulating flight of returning songbirds, and the mad desire of the earth to clothe herself in green. By the time the summer solstice rolls around, plants’ ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue specialists invite small- and large-operation farmers and growers to attend the Purdue Fruit, Vegetable and Hemp Field Day on July 21, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT ...
Lack of economic sustainability where reduced margin coupled with capital risk have resulted in some growers exiting the sector. Input price inflation in the horticulture sector in Ireland has taken a ...