Great Lakes Irrigated Field Crops Meeting Feb 25 in Shipshewana
One of the most valuable field crop meetings in the region each winter is the Great Lakes Field Crops Irrigation Meeting.
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Keeping your diesel engine running in the cold
If you’ve ever found yourself standing next to a diesel engine that refuses to start on a cold winter morning, you know the sinking feeling that comes with it.
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DriftWatch enrollment offered at Northern Indiana Grazing Conference
I will be one of several thousand people attending the Northern Indiana Grazing Conference at the Michiana Event Center in Shipshewana Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7.
Read MoreObtaining a Private Pesticide License
Last week, I was one of several Extension Educators who hosted a meeting for the plain community to give them a chance to take the exam for the private applicator’s licenses for pesticides and manure applications.
Read MoreCommercial Pesticide Applicators Workshops Jan. 28, 29
Did you know that people who apply pesticides for hire must be licensed and keep that license up to date by attending classes over the course of the five-year life of a license?
Read MoreHow do winter temperatures affect insect populations and plants?
Winter can be a time of significant temperature variation.
Read MoreA good gift for the weed and wildflower enthusiast
If you have someone who is interested in weeds and wildflowers and you are still looking for a late Christmas present, I suggest the “Weeds of the Great Plains,” a hardback book published and sold by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.
Read More23.5 degrees makes a lot of difference
People have mixed feelings about winter.
Read MoreTips to improve your internet search success
You cannot believe everything you find on the internet.
Read MoreThinking about a farm’s future
There comes a time when the senior folks on a farm can no longer do all the work.
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Avian Flu Can Be Spread by Humans
The current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in northern Indiana is very serious.
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Pesticide and Fertilizer Exam for Plain Community on Jan. 7
Important news for folks in the Plain Community who need to get their pesticide and fertilizer licenses.
Read MoreBasic skills we learn in school still important
Every now and then I am invited to speak to a group of school kids or 4-H’ers about careers.
Read MoreLawns Can Benefit from November Attention
By the time November rolls around, most of us are ready to hang up the rake and call it quits for the year.
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The Lady Beetles We Love to Hate
Every fall, I get calls that go something like this: “Jeff, there are hundreds of ladybugs in my house! What can I do?”
Read MoreAvian Flu is Back!
Last week, the Indiana Board of Animal Health announced that the Highly Pathenogenic Avian Influenza has once again been found in a number of flocks in LaGrange and Elkhart Counties.
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