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
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Braun on Friday released a policy plan intended to benefit farmers and rural residents—highlighting ideas for tax relief, economic development and more.... Read More
Sens. Mike Braun and Todd Young, both Republicans, are among 15 senators from both parties sponsoring legislation that would add additional federal oversights to farmland deals. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure on Wednesday.... Read More
Agriculture producers nationwide are expressing growing concerns over farm income prospects, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The barometer fell 13 points to a reading of 100 in August.... Read More
