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Rooted and Resilient Homesteading Conference will offer hands-on learning for experts, beginners, youth

Purdue Extension’s Rooted and Resilient Homesteading Conference will return to Kendallville on Nov. 7-8 for its second year. The event brings...

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Indiana’s River Trees

If you drive near rivers in Indiana, you may have noticed a lot of the same types of trees that tend to line the banks of these waterways.

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Nicole Tombers- 4-H Alumni

Nicole Tombers continues to make the best better as a travel therapy recruiter for in San Diego, Calif.

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Strengthening knowledge of sheep, goats through new Purdue Extension resources

Cora Reinbolt, who has been an Extension educator in Bartholomew County for six years and has over 20 years of experience raising sheep, began an...

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4-H Youth Development

4-H began over 100 years ago, and has since grown into the largest youth development program in the nation. To learn more about 4-H in Lake County...

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Extension Express

Fall Newsletter highlighting enrollment in 4-H and up and coming HHS programs. ANR programs including a Forestry Education Seminar in October and a...

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5 things to avoid this fall when putting your garden to bed

As tree leaves flourish into bright fall colors, home gardens are fading into collections of brown leaves and stems. Just because the growing...

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Amazing Sunflowers

As you travel in rural Indiana this time of year, you may happen upon a field of sunflowers. It’s so beautiful that drivers will occasionally...

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2025 Fall Digital Ready Businesses Webinar Series

Purdue Extension can help your business become more digitally savvy.

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Process Drives Impact: Our Approach to Community Partnership

To accomplish our mission, we must effectively collaborate with our partners at all levels to identify priorities and develop targeted courses of...

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Evansville MarketReady producer training will share tips, tricks for thriving in today’s marketplace

Purdue Extension is hosting a MarketReady training session from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT Nov. 20 in Evansville, Indiana. As the state’s local...

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Purdue Experts Urge Identification of Stalk and Ear Rots Now to Prioritize Harvest Decisions

Now is the time to evaluate fields for any stalk or ear rot symptoms.

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Hoosier Sheep Symposium coming to Purdue Sept. 20

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program and the Indiana Sheep Association (ISA) are jointly sponsoring...

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ServSafe® Class and Exam

Purdue University Extension - Lake County will be offering a ServSafe™ Training and Exam. ServSafe is a food and beverage safety training and...

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Purdue Report: Farm Fatalities on Downward Trend, but up in 2024

Compiled by the Purdue University Agricultural Safety and Health Program, the recently released “2024 Indiana Farm Fatality Summary with...

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Allen Express - September 2025

Purdue Extension - Allen County now has a newsletter!

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Wabash Valley Master Gardener Classes 2025

Join the Wabash Valley Master Gardeners! We are accepting applications for our Fall 2025 class.

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Knox County Newsletter September-October 2025

Purdue Extension Knox County 2025 Newsletter, featuring news in all of our program areas. Learn our latest updates from our extension educators.

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August Announcements

From the Director - August 2025

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Safety First, Avoid the Worst

The theme of National Farm Safety and Health Week, September 21-27, 2025, is: Safety First, Avoid the Worst.

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The Incredible Shrinking Tax Base

The Indiana Constitution of 1851 had a very broad idea of what should be taxed by the property tax. Basically: tax everything. It said the General...

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September-October 2025 Newsletter

September-October 2025 Newton County Extension Newsletter

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September Clover Chronicle

Newsletter for September

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Is There Something Magical Going on in My Lawn?

I have occasionally received inquiries about dark green, circular bands in home lawns known as fairy rings. Occasionally, mushrooms appear from the...

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4-H Council Annual Meeting

You're Invited to Attend! This year's annual meeting will be held September 8, 2025 at 7pm at the Expo Hall on the Fairgrounds.

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