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Celebrating Heritage and Building Futures: The Juntos 4-H Initiative

Every year, Hispanic Heritage Month invites us to reflect and celebrate the vibrant contributions and rich cultural heritage of the Latino community. It is always important to showcase the richness of a community but also understand the...

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The Federal Reserve Makes Its Move

The Federal Reserve’s press release from Sept. 18 said it would “lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/2 percentage point to 4-3/4 to 5 percent.” The federal funds rate is the shortest of short-term interest rates, the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans. Lend the money in the evening, get repaid with interest the next morning. Changes in this short-term rate influence the longer-term rates that banks charge for business, consumer and mortgage loans.

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Purdue Extension Apple Crunch
Extension leads Indiana Great Apple Crunch to bring agriculture education, apple-themed activities to children, adults

October kicks off National Farm to School Month and National Apple Month. Purdue Extension, the Indiana Department of Education and Indiana Grown for Schools are celebrating with the Indiana Great Apple Crunch.

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FNR Extension Specialist Lenny Farlee speaks to a crowd
Purdue FNR Extension specialist receives national recognition for work in forestry

Lenny Farlee, sustaining hardwood Extension specialist for Purdue’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR), has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The SAF Fellow Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on an SAF member by their peers, recognizes long-standing service to forestry at the local, state, regional and national levels.

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Grain entrapment is the leading cause of agricultural confined space-related injuries and fatalities; researchers emphasize safety

Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program has released the 2023 Summary of U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-related Injuries and Fatalities ahead of National Farm Safety and Health Week.

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Bye-bye germs: How to sanitize (the right way) in the kitchen and beyond

“Sanitizing” is different from cleaning. That’s one of the many things people get wrong about removing germs that Purdue experts want consumers to understand.

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Red crown rot, a disease that affects soybeans and other legumes, gets its name from the damage it causes to stems at the soil line.
New-to-Indiana soybean disease may plague Hoosier farmers

Red crown rot, a disease that affects soybeans and other legumes, has spread to Indiana fields.

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