Track: Fresh Vegetables

Tuesday

CCA TrackCCH TrackFresh Vegetables Track
2:00 pm-2:30 pm - Room: Salon 3

Reduced tillage systems for vegetable production – Dr. Ajay Nair

Excerpt: Strip-tillage production system with rolled and crimped cereal rye has been shown to promote soil health, resulting in significant increases in soil aggregate stability, potentially mineralizable nitrogen, active soil carbon, and microbial activity when compared to a conventionally tilled production system. To make strip-tillage and no-tillage systems viable options for growers, it is crucial to >>> Read More.

Wednesday

Agronomic Crop Production TrackAgTech TrackBusiness / Marketing / AgriTourism / Succession Planning TrackFarm 360 TrackFood Safety TrackFresh Vegetables TrackFruit TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production TrackHemp TrackJoint Plenary Session TrackUrban Agriculture TrackWine Grape Track
8:00 am-8:30 am - Rooms: Salon 4 and Salon 5

Joint Plenary Session

Excerpt: -Updates from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture – Dr. Aaron Patton, Department Head, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University -Purdue Extension Update – Dr. Jason Henderson, Associate Dean in the College of Agriculture and Director of Purdue Extension -Update from the College of Agriculture at Purdue University – Dr. Karen Plaut, Glenn W. >>> Read More.
Agronomic Crop Production TrackAgTech TrackBusiness / Marketing / AgriTourism / Succession Planning TrackFarm 360 TrackFood Safety TrackFresh Vegetables TrackFruit TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production TrackHemp TrackJoint Plenary Session TrackUrban Agriculture TrackWine Grape Track
8:30 am-10:00 am - Room: Salon 4

Joint Plenary Session

Excerpt: -Keynote: Suzanne Crouch,  Lt. Governor, State of Indiana -Keynote:  Promoting Horticulture and Inspiring People to Pursue Careers in Plants – Susan Yoder, Seed Your Future -Keynote:  Hemp Renaissance: the fusion of an ancient plant, 21st-century technology and Yankee ingenuity – Michael Bowman, Co-founder of First Crop, Inc.     >>> Read More.
All Tracks
10:00 am-10:30 am - Rooms: Freedom Hall and Tradeshow - Liberty Hall

Coffee Break & Expo

Thursday