Multiple days of excessive heat can be hard on vegetable crops, especially ones known to be cool-season. Brassicas, lettuce, carrots and spinach are particularly vulnerable to bitterness, wilting, bolting, deformities …
Beat the Summer Heat; Protecting your Vegetable Crops in Excessive Heat
Specialty Crop Processors Looking to ‘Scale Up’ Have New Resource
Food businesses interested in expanding the processing and retail side of their operation have a new resource published by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The “Scaling Up Specialty Crop Processing …
Celebrate Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Week July 26-30
Iowa’s commercial horticulture industry contributes $48 million to the state’s economy each year and provides fresh fruits and vegetables to Iowa consumers. Gov. Kim Reynolds recognized the value of this …
Fruit and Vegetable Field Day Is July 22
The horticulture team with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold the 2021 Fruit and Vegetable Field Day July 22 at Iowa State University’s Horticulture Research Station northeast of …
Aaron Steil Is New Consumer Horticulture Specialist
Home gardeners and plant enthusiasts can still receive helpful advice and answers to their questions from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Aaron Steil, newly named consumer horticulture extension specialist …
Testing a new spray technology for Midwest apple growers
Hello commercial apple growers, Have you heard of a cool new sprayer technology for apples? It could be the biggest change in apple spraying since the invention of the airblast …
What’s a mesotunnel, and what’s it good for?
If you’re a vegetable grower, you’re probably familiar with high tunnels and low tunnels. But what are mesotunnels? All three of these tunnel types are used to create some sort …
New Specialty Crop Specialist Looking Forward to Working with Growers
The newest commercial vegetable and specialty crop specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach knows the needs and concerns of the industry. Dan Fillius, who will begin his new …
On-Farm Readiness Reviews Offered to Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Joe HannanExtension Commercial Horticulture Specialist515-993-4281jmhannan@iastate.edu Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer voluntary, on-farm assessments to Iowa fruit and vegetable growers in preparation for Food and Drug Administration farm …
Online Food Safety Training for Home-based Food Operators in Iowa
Shannon M. ColemanFood Science and Human Nutrition515-294-9011scoleman@iastate.edu Throughout the state, farmers markets are opening for the season, providing many opportunities for Iowans to sell home-prepared foods. This part of the …