May 31, 2019
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State-specific: IDOA maintains June 30 dicamba deadline
The Illinois Department of Agriculture will stay with its June 30 statewide cutoff for dicamba applications at this point.
“As of now, we are sticking to that June 30 cutoff date. We’ll continue to review the situation as it goes along. The weather is not cooperating with anybody right now,” Doug Owens, IDOA Bureau of Environmental Programs chief, said at the May 20 Illinois Farm News Association gathering.

Students learn about farming, ag jobs
 Indiana Agriculture and Technology School
Students learned how dynamic the agriculture industry is during Farm Week at Indiana Agriculture and Technology School. The event was held on the school’s 600-acre farm campus in Morgantown. There currently are 59 students enrolled at the school. “The students loved getting their hands dirty and really learning about ag up close and personal,” said Keith Marsh, executive director and chief academic officer of the school.


Choose hemp seed carefully: Growing crop requires management, hard work
Jennifer Sewell
Growing industrial hemp is a scaleable crop for farmers. “That’s the beautiful thing about this plant, said Jennifer Sewell, Midwest Hemp Seed LLC director. “You can do a quarter of an acre and just cut of the flower and dry it individually in your garage with some fans and a dehumidifier or you can do massive scale, harvest the whole plant and hang it in a pole building to dry.” Choosing the hemp seed is an important aspect of growing the crop.

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