
March wrapped up as one of Indiana’s wettest (44th wettest out of 126 years) and warmest (16th warmest).

March wrapped up as one of Indiana’s wettest (44th wettest out of 126 years) and warmest (16th warmest).

This spring Indiana will see the emergence of the 17-year cicadas (Brood X).

A new program, the “Midwest Grazing Exchange”, was developed to match landowners and livestock owners.
The handbook lists agri-chemicals registered and regulatory status or special use restrictions.
This is a listing of the Purdue field crop specialists for 2019.

Every spring we receive phone calls and emails with concerns of the presence of poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) in pastures, fencelines, and field edges.
There are a number of weed management resources that have been developed by Extension Weed Scientists by a United SoybeanBoard (USB)-funded initiative called “Take Action”.

The warmer temperatures experienced in Indiana over the past week and the forecast for warmer temperatures moving forward will allow winter wheat fields in Indiana to green up and resume growth.
Please take this Quick Survey on Soybean Management Effects on Yield and Quality.

Every year growers may experience challenges when controlling winter annuals weeds or terminating cover crops with glyphosate-based burndown herbicide programs, specifically when glyphosate is sprayed in cool, cloudy weather conditions or tank mixed with residual herbicides, ATS, or synthetic auxins (issue mostly for grasses).
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