Ag INnovation

Purdue says the results of the survey indicated that many farmers believe economic conditions may strengthen in 2025, avoiding an extended downturn in the farm economy.... Read More

The Indiana State Board of Animal Health on Tuesday announced Kyle Shipman as interim state veterinarian. Shipman succeeds Bret Marsh, who is stepping down on Friday to become dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.... Read More

The university said the Purdue Hemp Products Utilization Consortium, or H-PUC, aims to implement scale-up and agricultural experimental trials, fine tune and optimize technology, and develop marketing strategies to reach prospective customers.... Read More

A growing number of companies are bringing automation to agriculture. It could ease the sector’s deepening labor shortage, help farmers manage costs, and protect workers from extreme heat. But many small farmers and producers aren’t convinced.... Read More

The Ports of Indiana and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at increasing collaboration and expanding agricultural trade.... Read More

As families head to the pumpkin patch to find the best pumpkins for carving and decoration leading up to Halloween, an assistant professor in Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture says there should be plenty of ideal pumpkins to choose from. Stephen Meyers says consumers in Indiana and across the country can expect […]... Read More

Rose Acre Farms in Seymour has announced a transition in leadership. The longstanding egg farm said Tuesday that former Chief Operating Officer Tony Wesner has been elected CEO and chairman of the board.... Read More

The chief business officer for Brazil-based Sustainea says Lafayette was the ideal choice for the company to build its first renewable chemical plant for multiple reasons.... Read More

The chief economist of the Indiana Farm Bureau is telling farmers to reassess their profitability expectations and make plans for managing cash-flow problems after a new agricultural report estimates record soybean stocks and large corn inventories.... Read More

In its legislative priorities announcement, INFB said it would focus on those two issues because they could have a long-term impact on two of its overall priorities: protecting the ability to farm and food security.... Read More

Brazil-based Sustainea this week announced plans to build the facility next to Illinois-based Primient's production facility in the city, and the IEDC says the project will create 191 high-wage jobs in the coming years.... Read More

Sustainea is looking to invest approximately $400 million to build its first Bio-MEG plant next door to Primient's Lafayette production facility and create an undisclosed number of jobs.... Read More

Legacy Feed, a partnership between the farmer-owned Keystone Cooperative and swine management company Signature Farms LP, has begun operations at its new feed mill in the Henry County community of Millville.... Read More

The Indiana’s Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program was developed to positively impact the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy efforts. Soil sampling assesses soil fertility and nutrient content over time. ... Read More

Purdue says the decline in farmer sentiment can be attributed to lower income expectations among producers, as well as concerns over the future of agricultural trade and how the upcoming election could affect their farm operations.... Read More

Co-founders Ellie Symes and Wyatt Wells, both Indiana University graduates, launched The Bee Corp. in 2016, after winning IU’s Business Entrepreneurs and Technology Competition that year. Initially located in Bloomington, the company moved to Indianapolis.... Read More

Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than the sun and an occasional water tower.... Read More

Indiana Grown and the Indiana Farmers Market Community of Practice have announced Coffee Creek Farmers Market in Chesterton as the winner of second annual Indiana's Ultimate Farmers Market Challenge.... Read More

The university said the mission of the coalition is to generate real-world data in support of regenerative agriculture practices to "help farmers restore soil health and biomass, increase biodiversity, and improve the resiliency of ecosystems over time."... Read More

Corteva Inc. announced Tuesday it has taken a $25 million stake in a North Carolina-based technology startup that uses gene-editing technology in food and agriculture.... Read More