Summer Vegetable Crop Success: Growing the Seasons' Best

Mar 10, 2025

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

Video: Understanding Nitrogen Loss Through Denitrification

Denitrification is one of the three main pathways for nitrogen loss, but what is it really, and how much nitrogen do we stand to lose?

In this episode, Lyle Cowell is joined by Dr. Erin Daly from the University of Guelph to break down denitrification and the conditions that drive nitrogen loss in the soil. They explore how nitrogen can be lost as nitrous oxide and nitrogen gas, what conditions drive losses and when they are most likely to occur.

Erin also shares how CanN2ONet, a national research network, is helping us better understand nitrous oxide emissions across Canada. From field towers that measure emissions to research into regionally tailored best management practices, discover how the network is working to help growers improve nitrogen use efficiency and help reduce nitrogen losses across the country.