MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 1, No. 4

"Simple and Successful Vegetable Farming" is the title of a series of easy-to-understand publications from the University of Minnesota Extension Service. They're available in English, Spanish and Hmong.

Any farmer needing basic information on the fundamentals of vegetable farming management will find the information useful. Immigrant farmers with minimal English literacy will find them especially helpful.

Topics covered in the four publications include how to keep your soil healthy; pest control, including integrated pest management; how to pick, store and sell the vegetables; and marketing.

They're available as an educational package of four publications and a video, or as single publications. The publications are free if you read them online at http://www.extension.umn.edu.

You can also purchase them from the Extension Distribution Center by calling (800) 876-8636, or (612) 624-4900 in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Ask for item number 07616.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu

The Newsletter is published weekly from May through August, cooperatively, by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Minnesota (U of MN). Reports are posted on the U of MN and MDA web sites on Fridays. If you have suggestions and/or comments, please send your contributions by 4 p.m., Tuesday to Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-297-3217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 90 W. Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107-2094. You can access the Newsletter at the U of MN web site in htm. format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and at the MDA web site in pdf. format at: www.mda.state.mn.us/biocon/fruitreports/default.htm

Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program. These institutions are equal opportunity providers.

DISCLAIMER

References to products in this publication is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses. Any person using products listed in this publication assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current manufacturer directions.

Last Revised May 27, 2004.
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