Vegetable Chat

Vegetable Chat is a webinar series from the Purdue University ‪Vegetable Team and is designed to support commercial vegetable growers in Indiana and surrounding states by featuring experts to discuss crop-specific topics and broader production issues. Each session includes a presentation followed by a live Q&A.

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Session #1 of the Vegetable Chat webinar series features Dr. Thomas Björkman discussing broccoli production in the Midwest. Topics included marketing, production, and postharvest management.

Session #2 of the Vegetable Chat webinar series features Ben Werling discussing asparagus production in the Midwest. Ben discussed Michigan asparagus industry, production, major pests, weed control, harvest and postharvest.

Session #3 of Vegetable Chat webinar series features Chris Long discussing potato production in the Great Lakes Basin. Topics include an overview of the Michigan potato industry, planting, biotic and abiotic stresses, fertility management, harvest, postharvest storage, quality evaluation are more.