A bill establishing the land use task force came from first-term Republican Rep. Kendell Culp, a lifelong farmer from Jasper County who also serves as vice president of the Indiana Farm Bureau.... Read More
Food spending has hit its highest total since the survey's inception, and the rate of sell out items at grocery stores has continued to decrease. The monthly report says this is a good sign that people may see stable prices as there is less upward pressure to raise them.... Read More
St. Louis-based Bunge Ltd.—which is spending $550 million to build a soybean processing plant in Shelby County—announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire Viterra in a deal valued at about $18 billion to create a global agricultural giant.... Read More
The Gibson County Farmer’s Market Trail, developed by the county, Purdue Extension and the visitors and tourism bureau, will allow people to make a day out of shopping for local produce, selecting fresh meats, discovering more local vendors and finding new recipes specific to cook with the homegrown items.... Read More
The Indianapolis-based startup created CropSpots to allow users to send local goods and produce to central community locations for lower delivery prices compared to doorstep shipping. ... Read More
A major issue surrounds crop insurance, which Carter asks to be expanded to include specialty crops and enhanced Whole Farm Revenue Protection insurance with levels of affordable coverage and safety nets. He said diversified farm owners like himself have difficulties with the current system to estimate loss since their product offering is vast.... Read More
A drop in crop prices has led to the lowest reading of farmer sentiment since last July, according to the most recent Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The barometer is calculated monthly from a telephone survey of 400 agricultural producers.... Read More
The Purdue Food Science Pilot Lab is celebrating an over $900,000 investment Tuesday giving students a hands-on, industry-grade opportunity to study alternative protein foods. Rather than monetary, the donation is a food processor critical to create pantry stakeholders like cereal and crackers.... Read More
A local small business is hoping to deploy technology that could help seed producers and distributors more quickly determine the genetic makeup of their products. NanoBio Designs is still in the early stages of developing its ExpresSeed platform.... Read More
Purdue University announced Thursday it is leading a $1.5 million partnership with the USDA's Midwest Climate hub. The university said the partners will work to help farmers learn what practices will help them elude the worst effects of climate change.... Read More
The Indiana Conservation Partnership says landowners throughout the state installed a record 47,000 new conservation practices in 2022. As a result, the efforts helped prevent more than 1.8 million tons of sediment from entering Hoosier waterways.... Read More
Eighteen teams will submit their innovative solution this week as part of the AgriNovus Indiana HungerTech Challenge. In the challenge’s second year, teams look to address the problem of food access for SNAP recipients through creative tech implementation.... Read More
Huntingburg-based agricultural cooperative Superior Ag is paying back a total of $3.5 million in cash patronage and equity to its member-owners. CEO Barry Day said the refunds are the result of "another year of strong business performance" in 2022.... Read More
Wholesale prices in the United States rose modestly last month, the latest sign that inflationary pressures may be easing more than a year after the Federal Reserve unleashed an aggressive campaign of steadily higher interest rates.... Read More
Rural bank executives and crop insurance agents testified at a Senate hearing last week in support of a modernized crop insurance market that helps upstart producers manage growing risks, and supports food security.... Read More
An up-and-coming entomology professor at Purdue University has received a 2022 New Innovator Food & Agriculture Award for his research in bee pollination.... Read More
Greenfield-based Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a conditional license for the nation’s first and only approved therapeutic solution to treat canine parvovirus, a contagious virus that kills 90% of dogs if they’re not treated. ... Read More
Material developed at Purdue University is helping to extend the life of concrete roadways and bridges, while also helping state transportation departments throughout the U.S. save millions of dollars in costly repairs and replacements. ... Read More
Seed genetics startup Insignum AgTech has signed an agreement with Beck’s Hybrids, the largest family-owned seed company in the U.S, to test Insignum’s corn traits in some of Beck’s products. The ... Read More
West Lafayette-based ag tech company Solinftec is the inaugural winner of TechPoint’s Deal of the Year award, thanks to a $60 million growth investment round the company secured in 2022. The award will be presented Saturday during TechPoint’s Mira Awards gala.... Read More
