Ag INnovation

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Indiana farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn this year than in 2021. ... Read More

A new tech platform is giving artisan food entrepreneurs the opportunity to manage their business in one place – from website creation all the way to order fulfillment... Read More

Mulch for playgrounds and gardens wins Student Soybean Innovation Competition at Purdue... Read More

The FFA chapter at Franklin High School has plans to grow its organizational and physical footprint by building a free-standing facility to house the organization, grow vegetables and raise animals. The Daily Journal reports the ag-education program in Johnson County hopes to acquire land north of the high school to construct two buildings totaling more than 7,200 square feet.... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by two ag trade associations against California’s Proposition 12, an animal welfare rule that stipulates pen space.... Read More

One of the driving forces of Wisconsin-based gener8tor’s gBeta startup accelerator program in Indiana is joining AgriNovus Indiana. ... Read More

Ivy Tech Community College announced earlier this year the launch of the Garatoni School for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to boost Indiana’s entrepreneurial pipeline... Read More

Indianapolis-based Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA) says it will implement a global business unit organization model in an effort to support its long-term operating performance. As part of the move, the company has named Robert King executive vice president of its crop protection business unit, which is based in Indy.... Read More

An assistant professor of entomology at Purdue University is leading a $3.7 million study examining the impact of pests in high tunnels, plastic barriers designed to protect crops from environmental factors such as high wind or rainfall. Laura Ingwell says the project aims to understand how pest pressures vary whether the high tunnels are located in urban or rural areas. ... Read More

For more than 30 years, Mark Legan has farmed in Putnam and Hendricks counties, growing about 2,100 acres of corn and soybeans and raising 2,200 sows. ... Read More

Planting season is right around the corner, and farmers in west central Indiana are feeling the impact of rising fuel costs.... Read More

Hello Nature in Anderson and North Manchester-based MPS Egg Farms announced plans last month to partner on a $50M Indiana-based specialty fertilizer manufacturing facility. Hello Nature Chief Executive Officer Luca Bonini joins AgriNovus Indiana CEO Mitch Frazier on this week’s episode of the Ag+Bio+Science podcast to talk about the company’s new venture.... Read More

The chief executive officer of Minnesota-based Living Greens Farm says Muncie beat out other locations in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio for a planned $70 million aeroponic farm facility. The company this week said it would build the 200,000-square-foot farming, processing and packaging facility and create up to 120 jobs by the end of 2024. George Pastrana says the Delaware County city turned out to be "one of the most ideal places we could've selected."... Read More

Agriculture is big business in Indiana, measuring more than $31 billion in cash receipts each year. But there is a new effort to support small businesses and entrepreneurs.... Read More

A Minnesota company that bills itself as the world's largest indoor vertical aeroponic farm is setting up shop in Delaware County. Living Greens Farm says it will invest nearly $70 million to establish a 200,000-square-foot farming, processing and packaging facility in Muncie and create up to 120 jobs by the end of 2024.... Read More

Mooresville-based Equipment Technologies LLC is a farm equipment manufacturer that is feeling the effects of the supply chain disruption.... Read More

Matt Whiteside is not a food scientist or certified nutritionist, but he has a passion for health and wellness... Read More

A monthly survey conducted by economists at Purdue University shows farmer sentiment about the agricultural economy continues to fluctuate... Read More

The vice president of operations of North Manchester-based MPS Egg Farms says plans to partner with agbioscience company Hello Nature to produce natural fertilizer products is about four years in the making... Read More

North Manchester-based MPS Egg Farms and Italy-based agbioscience company Hello Nature have announced plans to partner on a $50 million fertilizer manufacturing facility in Wabash... Read More