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SOIL TESTING AVAILABLE

Soil testing is recommended every 3 – 5 years.  The Purdue Extension Vermillion County Office will take your garden soil samples (they must be dry) for nutrient & pH analysis and send them to a soils lab for fertilizer recommendations for $15.  For $10 more an organic matter analysis will be completed. Soil sample bags, sample forms, and instructions can be picked up at the Office.  For details, call 765-492-5330 or email cox119@purdue.edu .   

Parke County Fair, July 10 -17

FREE For details see:  https://extension.purdue.edu/county/parke/_docs/fair-schedule-online-edition.pdf

 Pollinator Celebration at the Clinton Public Library – July 20, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

FREE Join Purdue Extension as we celebrate pollinators at the Clinton Public Library on July 20, 6:00 – 7:30 pm.  Ella Stroh, Indiana Partner Biologist for the nonprofit Pollinator Partnership, will present about pollinators and pollinator habitat. Come learn about Indiana's native pollinators and how to support pollinators in agricultural landscapes or home gardens! The talk will also include information about Farm Bill programs that provide financial assistance to agricultural producers interested in planting pollinator habitat.

After learning about pollinator conservation, participants will receive free pollinator plants to take home.  Fifteen species will be available to choose from, including: Anise hyssop, Red columbine, Butterfly weed (a species of milkweed with a beautiful orange flower), Nodding onion, Lance-leaved coreopsis, Tall cinquefoil, Rattlesnake master, Rough blazing star, Stiff goldenrod, Wild quinine, Hairy beardtongue, Little bluestem, Prairie dock, Aromatic aster and Hoary Vervain.

This is a free program and no reservations are required.  Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Weed Wrangle at Universal Fishing & Recreation Park, July 18, 9:00 am – Noon

VOLUNTEER Meet at 40 E Wood Ave, Universal, IN 47842. No RSVP required.

For details see the attached flier or contact Steven McGhee at Office: 765-492-4280, Cell: 765-562-3856 or vp_resourcetech@iaswcd.org

Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day, July 23, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

$48 The Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day on July 23 will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at the Purdue Student Farm, 1491 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette. Registration is $48; lunch is not included, but a food truck will be on-site. Registration is open, and the full agenda is now available.  Visit: https://ag.purdue.edu/events/department/hla/2026/07/purdue-small-farm-education-field-day.html  For questions, contact Lori Jolly-Brown at ljollybr@purdue.edu. If you are in need of accommodations to attend, submit your request by July 16.

Moth Night Out at Atherton Island Natural Area – July 25, 8:30 – 11:00 pm

FREE  For details see: https://ouabachelandconservancy.org/events

Regenerative Land Practices Field Day, 6261 S 875 W, Williamsport, IN, July 28, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

FREE For details see the flyer below and/or contact Cheyne Moses at 502-445-0843

Which Grass is Which? Webinar Series, July 28 – 30, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET

FREE For details and registration info see: https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/which-grass-is-which-three-part-online-workshop

Forestry Stewardship Webinar Series Starts July 29, 3:00 ET

FREE

July 29 – Woodland Landowner Considerations for Forest Carbon Programs

August 5 – Managing for Oak Regeneration: What does Current Research Tell Us?

August 12 – Selling Timber: What the Landowner Needs to Know

August 19 – Fire Ecology for Managing Grasslands and Woodlands

August 26 – Drone-based Herbicide Application Efficacy for Priority Invasive Plants

For details and registration info see:  https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/forestry-stewardship-webinar-series-2026

Which Grass is Which? Webinar Series, July 28 – 30, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET

FREE For details and registration info see: https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/which-grass-is-which-three-part-online-workshop

Vermillion County Diverse Farm Tour, August 4, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

FREE  The Diverse Corn Belt Project and Purdue Extension will host a free Vermillion County Diverse Farm Tour on August 4^th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

The tour will start at Royer Farm Fresh, Clinton, where the production of beef, pork, lamb and chicken from farm to consumers’ plates and management practices for all four species will be shared. In addition, aspects of selling meat including: butcher shop relations, pricing, paperwork and marketing will be discussed.

A free catered lunch will be provided at the Vermillion County 4-H Community Building, Cayuga Park, where Purdue University’s Dr. Ariana Torres will be discussing Marketing Diverse Ag Products.   

The tour will conclude at Tarquini’s Fresh Produce, Perrysville, where participants will learn about all aspects of their primary focus of home-grown tomatoes (including washing/sorting/cooling); and how they have further diversified to include cucumbers, peppers, zucchinis, cut flowers, and much more.

Everyone is invited to this tour to explore opportunities for and barriers to adding more crops and grazed livestock to rotations in the Corn Belt, to seek concrete options for diversification and to understand the agronomic, economic, social, infrastructure and policy changes that could make them viable.

To register contact the Vermillion County Extension Office at 765-492-5330 or cox119@purdue.edu by July 29^th.  Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Jackson-Schnyder Day Weed Wrangle at Jackson-Schnyder Nature Preserve, August 15, 10:00 – Noon

FREE  For details see: https://ouabachelandconservancy.org/events