Northwest Indiana Vegetable Farmer Meeting
NW Indiana Vegetable Farmer Workshop
Workshop Courses:
- Cultural Practices for Top Quality Vegetables
- Eyes on the Field: Disease Scouting in Diverse Vegetable Crops
- Sprayer Calibration Basics for Managing Vegetable Diseases and Insects
- Unexpected Insect Damage: How to Scout, Identify and Manage
Schedule
1:00 PM - Cultural Practices for Top Quality Vegetables - Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven, and Liz Maynard, Horticulture Extension Specialists, Purdue University
2:00 PM - Eyes on the Field: Disease Scouting in Diverse Vegetable Crops - César Escalante, Extension Plant Pathologist, Purdue University
2:30 PM - Break
2:40 PM - Sprayer Calibration Basics for Managing Vegetable Diseases and Insects - César Escalante, Extension Plant Pathologist, Purdue University and Laura Ingwell, Extension Entomologist, Purdue University
3:10 PM - Unexpected Insect Damage: How to Scout, Identify, and Manage - Laura Ingwell, Extension Entomologist, Purdue University
3:40 PM - Endangered Species Act: Navigating the New Pesticide Labels - Becca Koetz, Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Lake County
4:00 PM - Adjourn
PARP & CCH
Indiana Private Applicator Recertification (PARP) and Commercial Applicator Credits (CCH) expected. Those in need of PARP credits should mail $10 cash/check to Purdue Extension Lake County Office, 2293 N Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307
Accommodations
If you are in need of accommodations to attend this program, please contact Emily Evers at 574-235-9605 or everse@purdue.edu by January 26th.
If you need an interpreter or translator, please contact Emily Evers at 574-235-9605 or everse@purdue.edu by January 26th.