The company said its board of directors unanimously approved a plan to separate the current crop protection business into “New Corteva” and the other operations comprising its current seed business into “SpinCo.”... Read More
A pair of farms in Indiana and Ohio have been named the recipients of the inaugural Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing Stewardship award, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture announced this week.... Read More
Officials from Indiana and Taiwan signed letters of intent Thursday for the east-Asian nation to buy $6 billion worth of U.S. corn and soy products by 2029. The move is welcome for Hoosier farmers who are struggling amid the trade war between U.S. and China.... Read More
Farm Business Farm Management, an Illinois-based cooperative that specializes in financial management and accounting services for farmers has expanded into Indiana with locations in West Lafayette and Indianapolis.... Read More
Agribusiness Council of Indiana has announced that Melissa Rekeweg will be serving as the organization’s new president and CEO beginning in October.... Read More
It’s a bleak harvest season for U.S. soybean farmers, with prices near multi-year lows and not a single cargo sold to China. Now another threat is looming as Brazilian producers gear up to expand plantings and possibly flood the market.... Read More
Indiana farmland prices are continuing to rise to record levels in 2025, according to results from the latest Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rents survey.... Read More
Just as Hoosier farmers are firing up their combines for the fall harvest, Corteva Agriscience is reportedly mulling a split of its seed and pesticide businesses, a move that could alter the company’s presence in Indianapolis and the agriculture industry.... Read More
One person dying in a farming accident is still one person too many. Unfortunately, the number of reported farm fatalities in Indiana grew sharply last year according to the latest report from Purdue University.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Corteva Inc. is considering splitting its seed and pesticide businesses into separate companies, the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday, citing “people familiar with the matter.”... Read More
Indianapolis-based Keystone Cooperative said Friday that President and CEO Kevin Still has announced plans to retire in September 2026.... Read More
FARMWISE Indiana, which stands for Food and Agricultural Resilience through Markets, Wellness, Innovation, Stewardship and Engagement, aims to connect farmers and food producers with institutional buyers.... Read More
In particular, agriculture producers across the country expressed more worry about the financial expectations for their farms in the coming year, with the barometer's Index of Future Expectations falling to its lowest reading since last September.... Read More
In a notice to the state, the food and agriculture company said it is eliminating the second production shift at the Daviess County location beginning next month.... Read More
An associate professor of biology at Indiana University Northwest recently was named a 2025 E. Kika De La Garza Science Fellow, a USDA initiative that aims to strengthen relationships with Hispanic communities.... Read More
USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden attended the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois on Tuesday. Hoosier Ag Today asked him when we might have some more information about what USDA jobs will come to Indy.... Read More
On her third day on the job, Christy Wright led a panel discussion on leadership with several Indiana ag leaders during the recent AgriNovus Indiana Quadrant event at VisionLoft Stutz in downtown Indianapolis.... Read More
Huntingburg-based Superior Ag and Seymour-based Premier Companies said the move has been approved by their respective boards of directors.... Read More
The award recognizes farm families that own their farms for more than 100 consecutive years for “their commitment to Indiana agriculture.”... Read More
Officials in Dearborn County broke ground today on a $28.5 million turkey processing facility near Interstate 74 in West Harrison. Ohio-based Whitewater Processing LLC is building the 85,000-square-foot facility and plans to add 130 jobs.... Read More
