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Summer Vegetable Crop Success: Growing the Seasons' Best

Plan for a successful summer season in 2025 with MU Extension’s Summer Vegetable Crop Success Series! This series will provide detailed information on the production of warm season crops such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, melons, summer and winter squash, sweet corn and beans and peas. The final session includes a farmer panel and information on loan resources from USDA Farm Service Agency, specialty crop insurance, and crop enterprise budgets to evaluate profitability. This series is designed for current or aspiring vegetable farmers, but all are welcome to attend. The class sessions will be recorded but live attendance is encouraged.   

Class Sessions Include:    

  • Solanaceous Crops – Tomato, Pepper, and Eggplant  
  • Cucurbit Crops – Cucumber, Squash, and Melon  
  • Sweet Corn and Green Beans  
  • Farmer Panel & USDA and Farm Business Resources   

Cost: $30

$20 scholarships are available to Missouri beginning farmers in Missouri's Urban East Counties: St. Louis City/County, St. Charles, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, Warren, St. Genevieve, St. Francois, and Washington Counties. Scholarships are available through a grant serving the listed counties. 

Scholarships will be awarded at checkout.

If you have questions about the webinar series, contact the Pike County MU Extension office at 573-324-5464

*This Webinar series is supported by the USDA NIFA-Missouri Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, and Beginning Veteran Farmers Grant

Source : missouri.edu

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