Purdue Extension has scheduled two new-farmer study trips and area farmers are encouraged to apply to take part.

The office says that a delegation of Indiana farmers and Extension educators will visit vegetable production operations in Quebec and upstate New York September 10th through the 17th. On October 8th through the 14th, a delegation will visit Green Pastures Farm, The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry, and others.

Extension officials say that in order to take part, you must:

• Reside, farm, or sell products in Bartholomew County.
• Have been farming ten or fewer years.
• Indicate how his or her enterprise will benefit from the experience.
• Indicate ways in which he or she would serve as a programming partner to Purdue Extension in the subject areas covered on the trip.

Organizers say that, except for incidental expenses, trip costs are covered by a USDA New Farmer/Rancher development grant. For more information, including an application, visit extension.purdue.edu/bartholomew/Pages/article.aspx?intItemID=24310.