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- 2025 SWPAC Pumpkin Field Day (September 17, 20025) - A summary about the field day and resources shared at the event was published. Click here for more information
- 2025 SWPAC Self-Guided Watermelon Variety Evaluation Open House was conducted on July 29, 2025. Please contact Wenjing Guan (guan40@purdue.edu) for information about the variety trials.
- Southwest Purdue Ag Center Field day - June 26, 2025 - A public field day. - Click for more information.
- Resilient Ag Summit (February 26, 2025) - Purdue University hosted an inaugural resilient agriculture summit - Click for more information.
- 2024 Watermelon Variety Trial Reports (January 17, 2025) - The 2024 Watermelon Variety Trial Reports are now available on the Indiana Watermelon and Melon Variety Trials website. Click for more information.
- Indiana Melon & Vegetable Growers (January 17, 2025) - Indiana Melon and Vegetable growers annual meeting. The 2025 agenda and meeting presentations can be found here. Click for more information.
- Grower Advisory Board (Nov. 1, 2024) - A Grower Advisory Board meeting was held on November 19 at 3:00 p.m. at the Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center. Purdue Extension specialists will be present to meet with growers, discuss production challenges, share current research activities, and outline future plans. The research team is eager to gather input from growers to help guide our efforts. We are still looking to fill additional seats on the advisory board. If you are interested in joining, please contact Wenjing Guan at guan40@purdue.edu or César Escalante at escalac@purdue.edu.