Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center Field Day
June 26, 2025

Registration will begin at 8:30 am Eastern and we will begin heading to the field at 9:15 am eastern.  Lunch will be at 12:20pm.

Speakers and topics for the day include:

• Field crop diseases update on research and things to remember this season- Morgan Goodnight, Botany and Plant Pathology
• High Tunnel tomato and cut flower research – Wenjing Guan, Horticulture and Landscape Agriculture
• Fungicide efficacy trial research on vegetable crops- Cesar Escalante, Botany and Plant Pathology
• Purdue Resilient Ag Initiative- Laura Ingwell, Entomology
• Pollinator health and pollenizer use in seedless watermelon production – Amy Lynn Bagby, Entomology
• Produce food safety update – Scott Monroe, Purdie Extension, and Katheryn Parraga, Food Science
• Overview of spray drones in Indiana – Alex Helms and Jackson Shake, Purdue Agricultural Center
• Winter canola production – Brian Caldbeck, Caldbeck Consulting
• Sorghum as alternative crop for niche environments across Indiana – Tesaye Teferra Tesso, Agronomy
• Identifying Genes Behind Protein in Cowpea Seeds – Jean Paul Iyakaremye, Botany and Plant Pathology

Schedule:
8:00 – 8:45am: Registration
8:45- 9:00am: Group Distribution
9:00 am – 12:30 pm: Tour to Horticulture and Agronomic Crops (10 stops on the tour noted above)
12:20 – 1:30 pm: Lunch (provided)
Presentations during lunch include: Diverse Corn Belt – Project Overview and
Dr. Fred Whitford – Horsepower on the Farm: Form Hay-Powered Horses to Gas Powered Tractors
1:30 pm: Adjourn Field Day
1:30 pm PARP and CCH Credits


Registration:
https://tinyurl.com/2025SWPACFieldDay or call Barb Joyner 812-886-0198

The program is free and will include lunch.  If interested in PARP credit, you will need to bring your Pesticide ID card and $10 and attend the regulatory topic that will start at 1pm eastern.