Track: Greenhouse / High Tunnel Production

Tuesday

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

CCA TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production Track
11:00 am-11:30 am - Room: Salon 3

Tomato rootstock evaluation for grafted tomato production in high tunnels – Dr. Ajay Nair

Excerpt: Soil management within high tunnels is critical to reduce soil-borne diseases and ensure long-term productivity of crops grown within them. This talk will discuss results of a high tunnel study that evaluated eight hybrid tomato rootstocks and their effect on marketable yield, fruit quality (soluble solids, titratable acids, and firmness), and plant growth characteristics (SPAD, >>> Read More.
CCA TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production Track
4:00 pm-4:30 pm - Room: Salon 3

Propagation of CBD/Hemp Clones in Indoor Vertical Farms – Mitchell Ankney

Excerpt: Hemp clones are in high demand ever since the hemp industry has been legalized in 2018. From past experience, growers have been purchasing poor quality clones, clones that are not rooted well and not hardened off properly, at very high prices. We will present indoor production experiences about the propagation of hemp clones using different >>> Read More.
CCA TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production Track
5:00 pm-5:30 pm - Room: Salon 3

Effect of shade cloth and cultivars on high tunnel colored bell pepper production – Dr. Ajay Nair

Excerpt: Production of sweet, colored bell peppers provides an opportunity for vegetable growers to receive a price premium over non-ripened green bell peppers. Growing colored bell peppers in high tunnels enhances fruit quality and accelerates ripening. While there are benefits to high tunnel pepper production, increased heat inside the structures can lead to plant stress, blossom >>> Read More.

Thursday

CCA TrackGreenhouse / High Tunnel Production Track
9:30 am-10:00 am - Room: Salon 3

Pepper Varieties that Perform Well in High Tunnels- Dr. Petrus Langenhoven

Excerpt: Sweet colored pepper is a very lucrative crop grown mostly for direct-to-consumer markets. Using high tunnels for the production of vegetables has become very popular. It allows growers to extend their production season, protect their crop against severe environmental conditions, and produce high yielding crops of exceptional quality. Sweet colored peppers can yield well in >>> Read More.