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Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide, third edition (25/box)
This is a box of 25 copies of our popular in-field reference. The third edition of this guide includes new photos, expanded information, and more. This popular pocket-size, in-field reference helps readers effectively se...
Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide, third edition
The third edition of this guide includes new photos, expanded information, and more. This popular pocket-size, in-field reference helps readers effectively select, grow, and use cover crops in their farming systems. It w...
An Overview of Specialty Corn & Soybean Production in Indiana
Specialty grains and oilseeds have a long tradition as part of Indiana's crop mix. This publication addresses questions such as the number of acres devoted to specialty grains in Indiana, the differences in growing speci...
A Choose-and-Cut Pine and Fir Christmas Tree Case Study
Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms often are part-time family businesses. With sometimes several members of a family involved, it can be difficult to record and place a value on the time and costs required to establish,...
Sunflower Production in Indiana Questions and Answers
Answers questions dealing with cropping programs, planting and harvesting, pest control, and marketing of sunflowers in Indiana....
Winter Canola - An Alternative Crop in Indiana
Canola, an annual oilseed crop, is a member of the mustard family and has been developed to contain less than 2 percent erucic acid and less than 30 ppm glucosinolates. AY-272 discusses production costs, variety and so...
Popcorn Production and Marketing
This publication presents an overview of popcorn production practices for both commercial and home use purposes and includes management involved in growing, harvesting, conditioning, storing, and marketing....
Terminating Cover Crops: Successful Cover Crop Termination with Herbicides
Many cover crop species have characteristics that make them both desirable as cover crops and troublesome weed species. Weedy cover crop escapes not only affect the current production crop, but also can produce seeds and...
2014 Indiana Popcorn Production
New records were set for yield and production in 2014, a good year for popcorn in Indiana. In 2014, 91,000 acres of popcorn were planted in Indiana, up 10,000 acres from 2013. A total of 90,000 acres were harvested, also...
Managing Cover Crops: An Introduction to Integrating Cover Crops Into a Corn-Soybean Rotation
This publication outlines an introductory approach to integrating cover crops into a corn-soybean cropping system and is intended to help farmers who are new to growing cover crops. It also offers a basic cover crop r...
Managing Cover Crops: Cover Crops for Modern Cropping Systems
This publication is an introduction to cover crops — it describes cover crop benefits, how to select appropriate covers, common seeding methods, and how to terminate them. It is a companion to Managing Cover Cro...
Managing Cover Crops: Checklist for Integrating Cover Crops Into Your Cropping System
This publication is a checklist of things growers should do as they plan for using cover crops in their operation. It is a companion to Managing Cover Crops: An Introduction to Integrating Cover Crops Into a Corn-Soyb...
Terminating Cover Crops: Successful Annual Ryegrass Termination with Herbicides
Annual ryegrass has become a popular cover crop choice for growers in Indiana and many other states. Unfortunately, its adaptability, quick establishment, and aggressive growth are also considered to be characteristics o...
Costs and Returns of Producing Wild-Simulated Ginseng in Established Tree Plantations
Forest farming in North America is becoming a popular practice that provides short-term income for owners of new forest plantations while their trees reach maturity. This income diversification is particularly relevan...
Costs and Returns of Producing Hops in Established Tree Plantations
This article is the first of two publications that analyzes economic opportunities in forest farming for Indiana forest plantation owners. This study explores growing hops along the fence lines of newly established fo...
Hops Production in Indiana: Integrated Pest Management Guide for Hops in Indiana
This guide will help growers select integrated pest management practices (IPM) to manage weeds, diseases, and insects in hops in Indiana. It also lists pesticides registered for hops in Indiana if their use is warranted....
Managing Cover Crops: Cover Crops for Prevented Planting Acres
This publication briefly describes the benefits of growing cover crops on prevented planting acres and provides guidance for selecting and seeding cover crops on these acres.
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Indiana Cover Crop Recipe: Post Corn, Going to Soybean: Use Cereal Rye
The recipe in this document provides an introductory approach to integrating a cover crop into a corn-soybean rotation. Planting a cover crop ahead of a soybean cash crop is often the easiest way to introduce cover cr...
Indiana Cover Crop Recipe: Post Soybean, Going to Corn: Use Oats/Radish
The recipe in this document provides an introductory approach to integrating a cover crop into a corn-soybean rotation. Often the easiest place to begin is to plant a cover crop ahead of a soybean cash crop following ...
Now that most states allow hemp to be grown, and more uses for hemp fiber are found, an increase in production may be ahead. Growers and policymakers will benefit from this publication, by a team of Purdue University res...
Business Characteristics of Hemp: Agronomic and Marketing Barriers
Navigating the hemp industry, even as production in the U.S. is increasing, can be complicated. This Extension publication by Purdue University researchers highlights the challenges and barriers that hemp growers in five...