An El Niño develops when sea surface temperatures are warmer than average in the equatorial Pacific for an extended time. This is important to North America because El Niño can impact our weather patterns, especially in the winter.
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Maximizing profit and returns on resources invested can be dependent on the last irrigation application.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Darcy Telenko to our field crops team at Purdue University. Dr. Telenko will have extension and research responsibilities in field crops pathology, and her departmental home will be the department of Botany and Plant Pathology.
Hot dry summers sometimes result in quick irrigation investment decisions that may be regretted.
Hoosier farmers will have to adapt management practices and the types of crops they plant over the next several decades as they deal with the repercussions of climate change.
Irrigation scheduling by accounting for changes in available soil moisture provides information on the timing and amount of water to apply to meet crop needs.
In 2016, Chinese officials put in place a new grain import law to keep invasive weeds and other plant pests from entering their country. Last fall, they informed USDA that U.S. grain shipments, particularly soybeans, did not comply with the new law. They specifically cited increased detections of weed seeds.
Purdue field crops listing for 2018.
A graduate student at Purdue University is researching attributes of cover-cropped fields and farming practices that are associated with the presence of voles.
The 2018 Popcorn Agri-Chemical Handbook is available to ensure everyone in the popcorn industry is informed about products registered for use on popcorn or in popcorn storage facilities. The handbook lists agri-chemicals registered and regulatory status or special use restrictions.
