in review - Friday, July 5, 2024

Tour is July 17

The Purdue Farm Management Tour will be held in Randolph County on July 17.

The event, which will begin at 9 a.m., will feature tours of Clements-Miller Farm, rural Lynn, and Union Go Dairy, rural Winchester. There will also be a master farmer reception and panel discussion at 4 p.m. at Willow’s Edge, 627 W. 100 South, Winchester.

Registration is required for the free event by visiting purdue.ag/farmtour.

Also, the Purdue Farmland Value & Cash Rent Survey is underway. The university is gathering information to put together into a report. To provide details, visit bit.ly/PFVCRS2024.

Field day set

Registration is open for the Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day, an event featuring an array of demonstration stations featuring best management practices and highlights of research methods on the farm. 

The event presented by the Purdue Student Farm and the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture is scheduled for Thursday, July 25.

Topics to be covered include:

•Insect dynamics in high tunnels

•Companion plants and Syrphid fly recruitment 

•Advantages and considerations of raised bed gardening

•Tarps, fire, and cultivation — weed management updates and demonstrations

•Growing open-pollinated corn on small farms

•Post-harvest wash/pack design for small farms

•Digital tools for small farms

•Freight farm container farming

Register for the field day at bit.ly/PSFEFieldday2024.

Launched

The Dairy Strong conference is seeking industry experts to participate in the annual event led by the Dairy Business Association.

The conference is scheduled for Jan. 15 and 16 at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and will focus on “Dairy’s Path Forward: Policies. Practices. Priorities.”

For more information, visit dairyforward.com.