Greetings All, 

July is here and that means it is 4-H Fair Season!! The projects are looking great and I can't wait to see all the animals and kids showing off all their hard work. The Wabash County 4-H Fair runs from July 13-19, information can be found on the link below. There will be another Adult Planter Competition at the fairgrounds during the fair, so if you'd like to show off your stuff sign up here: https://forms.gle/46UkkjBNx1QGtX5L7 . The Planter Competition is under Division 5- Horticulture. Drop off times are July 11th from 9:00am-12:00 pm. Please reach out if you have any questions. We've had great entries in the past and hope to keep up the tradition to make the fairgrounds beautiful. 

Farmers have been watching crops as we experienced high temperatures in the middle of June with little to no rainfall. We will see what July brings, hopefully we will get the precipitation needed to keep the crops healthy and growing. There has been some disease pressure in corn, we'll see if tar spot rears its head this summer. A big cause for this disease is water retention/moisture on the leaves throughout the heat of the day. I hope you all have a great 4th of July and be sure to come visit us at the county fair. 

If you have any questions about upcoming programming or Ag questions in general, feel free to reach out to the Extension Office. I will be in and out of the office for both work and vacation in July, if you'd like to set up a meeting or get ahold of me email is the best option. 

Phone: 260-563-0661 (Ext 1408) or emailing me directly at gschortg@purdue.edu

Best Wishes, 

Geoff Schortgen 

County Extension Director

Ag and Natural Resources Educator Wabash County