ELKHART — Despite COVID-19, life must go on. Area cornfields were stricken with tar spot hard in 2019. Corn growers commonly said they lost 20% of their yield, with a few fields nearing 50% by some estimates. With all meetings being shut down because of social distancing, Purdue Extension Elkhart County will try something a …read more.

By DARRIN PACK Purdue University The Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture will present a free webinar April 1 to provide farmers and agribusiness firms an updated 2015 crop outlook following release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports, both of which will be released March 31. The webinar, “2015 Crop …read more.

By ROBERT KELLY Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County The Purdue Extension office in Elkhart County will be serving as a host site for an upcoming webinar aimed towards preparing sheep and goat producers for their lambing and kidding seasons. The educational series will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, …read more.

Identity theft is a growing problem in our country, but there is a local company stepping forward to help us all learn how to protect our identity and our finances. Center Street Partners in Warsaw will be putting on a webinar for those interested in protecting their identities. “Fighting Back on Identity Theft” will be …read more.