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101 Lakes Ag & Natural Resources Bulletin Volume 4, Issue 2 March & April 2018
Important Dates
March
1st-3rd– Indiana Small Farm Conference in Danville
12th– Northeast Indiana Local Food Forum– IPFW
13th– Market Vendor Series Session 5– Marketing
15th– HCI Public Form at Angola High School 5pm-8pm
16th– Pesticide Program in Ashley- 10am-12pm
19th– Living on the Land Series Begins
20th– National Ag Day
April
3rd– Spring Garden Series – Landscape Design
10th– Spring Garden Series– Soil Amendments & Composting
11th– Extension Board Meeting- 6:30pm
17th– Spring Garden Series– Pollinator Gardening
24th– Spring Garden Series– Water Management
Are you a beginning farmer or considering purchasing some acreage to farm? Then this 9 week series is for you. Living on the Land: Stewardship for Small Acreages is a nine-week series that explores farming practices and various crop and animal enterprises.
Classes will begin Monday, March 19, 2018 and conclude May 21, 2018. Classes will be held at Bridgeway Church, 210 Brians Place, Kendallville, IN (just east of Rural King).
Cost: $75 per person / $100 per couple from the same farm.
For more information or to register for the series, visit:
https://extension.purdue.edu/Steuben/Pages/article.aspx?intItemID=28106
Using Driftwatch/Fieldwatch to Help Dicamba
Applicators Locate Sensitive Crops
By: Valerie Clingerman– Knox County
On January 1, products containing >6.5% dicamba
and an agriculture use label are now restricted use
pesticides. In order to purchase these herbicides, buy-
ers must carry a private or commercial pesticide appli-
cator license. While dicamba herbicides have been on
the market for over 50 years to control broadleaf
weeds, the recent development of dicamba resistant
soybeans has given soybean producers a new post-
emergent option for the management of herbicide
resistant weeds. The new soybeans are Xtendi-
Max® soybeans and FeXapan®, XtendiMax®, or En-
genia® herbicides, all dicamba-based products can be
sprayed on them. Those producers who plan to apply
any of the three soybean dicamba products MUST
attend a training before any of these products are
applied. This is a requirement mandated by the EPA
approved label. These trainings cover basic drift
reduction techniques, as well as label requirements.
One requirement is before application of a soybean
dicamba product; producers must visit Driftwatch/
Fieldwatch, our states specialty crop registration site,
and look for nearby sensitive crops. The Driftwatch/
Fieldwatch site may be found at www.driftwatch.org.
As a produce grower, registration of your fields on
Driftwatch is a step you can take to reduce the risk of
accidental dicamba drift onto your crops. Historically,
registration of sensitive crops on DriftWatch has been
minimal across Indiana. This is a free tool, and all
growers spraying dicamba products in soybean must
look at this site prior to any application. If you have not
registered your sensitive crops, this could potentially
increase your risk of damage. Registering crops is
easy. When you register, you will create a username/
password then be able to outline your fields on a map
and label them by crop (vegetables, tomatoes, pump-
kins or melons, etc). If you do not have an email en-
ter [email protected] and if you do not have a
computer or internet but would like to register your
fields call 765-413-5797. Once your fields are
registered, you can also purchase DriftWatch signs to
post in your fields. Dicamba applicators can then visit
the FieldWatch Map to identify sensitive crops near
their application site.
For more information on the new dicamba labels
visit www.oisc.purdue.edu/pesticide/dicamba.html.
Local Food Forum Coming in March
The Northeast Indiana Local Food Network has a mission to support the growth of a vibrant local food marketplace across Northeast Indiana, by increasing the visibility and economic opportunities for our
region’s local food producers and businesses, so they can expand their sales both locally and beyond.
Join them for their 2018 Northeast Indiana Local Food Forum! This fun, informative and interactive event is intended to strengthen connections and
celebrate our local food community. The Local Food Forum will open with a keynote address by Holly
Parker from the Fair Food Network in Ann Arbor, Michi-gan and will be followed by a series of breakout ses-sions, a lunch that's locally-sourced to highlight our community, and Lightning Talks-where you’ll have the opportunity to share your ideas, news, or stories about local food through a 3-minute
presentation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northeast-indiana-local-food-
forum-tickets-42773591965
It is the policy of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service that all persons have equal opportunity and access to its educational programs, services, activities, and facilities without regard to race, religion, color,sex, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, disability, or status as a veteran. Purdue is an Affirmative Action institution. This material may be available in alternative formats.
Crystal Van Pelt
Extension Educator in Steuben County
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Community Development
Steuben Community Center
317 S. Wayne St. Suite 1A
Angola, IN 46703
260 668 1000 x1400
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Other Extension Happenings in Steuben County...
Purdue Extension Improving Co-Parenting Skills
It is pretty common to hear that 50% of marriages
end in divorce, but what happens to the children of
those divorcing couples? The Co-Parenting for
Successful Kids (CPSK) program helps address issues
facing separated families who have children under the age of 18. Since August 2017, fourteen sessions of the CPSK
program have been offered by a team of three
Health and Human Sciences Extension Educators
from Steuben, DeKalb, and LaGrange Counties trained in this research-based program.
Forty adult parents participated in the CPSK
program in 2017. These participants are the
parents to forty three children, ages 10 months
to 17 years. 91% of parents intend to implement
strategies to reduce the impact of divorce on their children and to help them adjust based on the child's
age and stage of development. A majority of
participants indicated that they will speak more
positively about their child's other parent to the child,
stop asking the child to relay messages to the
Other parent, and use more productive "I" messages
with their children.