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Leaf mold observed early in growing season for high tunnel tomatoes in Southern Illinois
Over the last few years of growing tomatoes in the high tunnels in southern Illinois at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, leaf mold has been...
Warm spring and a hot and active start to summer
This month's weather information from Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist (217-244-1330 or twford@illinois....
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Why you should not wash fresh produce with contaminated water
Washing fresh produce after harvest has several benefits including removing soil and cooling produce. The ...
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Assessing periodical cicada damage to fruit
For some, the emergence of the two periodical cicada broods across Illinois went by without a single sighting or rise in decibels. But for others, it...
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Weather a changing climate on the farm now and in the future
The only thing certain about modern farming is that things are always changing, and today’s weather isn’t your grandparents’ weather. Growing seasons are shifting, and extreme weather events like storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires are becoming more common. The University of Illinois...
Agriculture Climate Tools Workshop
Weather a changing climate on the farm now and in the future
URBANA, Ill. — The only thing certain about modern farming is that things are always changing, and today’s weather isn’t your grandparents’ weather. Growing seasons are shifting, and extreme weather events like storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires are becoming more common....
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Mushroom Production on Small Farms

Direct market farmers, homesteaders, land-owners, hobby farms, and backyard growers can learn practices to improve production and increase profit.

Growing Shiitake Mushrooms

On this week’s Good Growing podcast we talk with Illinois Extension local foods educator Nick Frillman about growing gourmet shiitake mushrooms in your own backyard. Nick shows us the tools and methods used to turn fresh cut logs of white oak and sugar maple into inoculated “bolts” that will...

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