As nighttime temperatures continue to dip this fall season, you will begin to notice more insects and spiders making their bold move into homes, seeking a nice warm spot to spend the winter.

For the last few weeks, you may have noticed all different types of mushrooms popping up seemingly overnight. Where are they coming from? Is it cause for concern? What can be done?

Trying to track our weather patterns this year has been a bit of a roller coaster.

With harvest in full swing around the area, we are beginning to hear reports of yields, indicative of the success of this year’s crop.

As farmers around the state are pulling their combines into fields for the first time this fall, they are finding out they may not be done dealing with the adverse effects of a relatively dry …

There was a perfect storm, it seems, this late summer to set up a scenario where forage crops and even some lawns were decimated by a pest known as fall armyworm.

Full-fledged harvest is still likely to be a few weeks away, but with a few combines out and about, now is a good time to remind everyone to be safe this fall.

Early reports seem to indicate grain quality for 2021 should be strong; however, as always, there have been a few reports of corn ear rots around the state.

The Purdue Extension Service of White County will be hosting the annual “Agricultural Outlook Breakfast” at the 4-H Community Building at the fairgrounds in Reynolds.

Around this time of year, I frequently get phone calls from clients describing a bagworm infestation but referring to them as web worms, and vice versa.

The annual Crops Field Day at ACRE (Agronomy Center for Research and Education, 4530 US-52, West Lafayette, Ind.) will be back in person this year, providing farmers and agribusinesses an oppo…

The annual Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rent survey was recently released, suggesting that farmland values across Indiana have risen to all-time highs in 2021.

According to Purdue Field Crops Disease Specialist Darcy Telenko, it is important to continue to scout for diseases in both corn and soybeans in the coming days and weeks.

Rains during the last month have kept lawns green and flush, but if things dry up over the coming weeks, that growth will slow down, leaving room for one of a lawn’s peskiest weeds to arrive: …

What a difference a few weeks makes.

The Office of the Indiana State Chemist (OISC) is once again sponsoring a program that will allow Indiana businesses (farmers, agricultural dealers, cities and towns, nurseries, schools, etc) …

There was a time when the Fourth of July was not only when America celebrated its independence, but also served as a bench mark to determine how well that year’s corn crop was growing.

Japanese beetles will be out in full force soon, causing damage to landscapes, trees, gardens and row crops around the state.

Extreme heat and drought conditions have enveloped a huge portion of the western United States, and the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map is showing this area expanding into the north-central U.S.

The Indiana Forage Council, with assistance from Purdue Extension and SureTech Laboratories, is hosting a contest for Indiana producers who harvest forage for hay or baleage within the state f…

Indiana certainly has its fair share of summer pests, most of which are simply an annoyance rather than actually being harmful.

Questions about agriculture’s potential role in carbon sequestration are on many ag producers’ minds these days.