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Average Indiana snowfall this winter is well below normal. For example, South Bend is running about a foot of snow behind where it typically is this time of year, though last winter was even worse. Drought stress was a concern toward the end of last growing season and Purdue Extension Soybean Specialist Shaun Casteel says it’s still a concern, especially in northern Indiana.
Before the last round of snow, “About a third of the state was abnormally dry, in that northwest corner, to what they call ‘Drought 1’ status about 15 percent,” says Casteel. “So, definitely areas that were needing it. So, again that soil recharge- I think that’s one that a lot of people going into the middle of winter, we enjoyed the fall to get some applications out of fertilizer, but some recharge is definitely in need.”
A weekly webinar series featuring Purdue University experts in data science and digital agriculture will kick off at 12:30 p.m. ET Thursday (Feb. 4).
Each Thursday this spring, the Data Driven Agriculture webinars will explore ways digital agriculture and data science can advance agriculture today and into the future.
“Building on the momentum of last fall’s digital agriculture webinars, we wanted to highlight how data is not only being used today but also explore its future potential,” said Dennis Buckmaster, agricultural and biological engineering professor and dean’s fellow of digital agriculture at Purdue.
“In this series, researchers from across the College of Agriculture – and beyond – will showcase how they are using data to improve crop, livestock and forest management decisions, increase produce safety, quickly identify disease outbreaks in livestock and much more.”