In the months ahead, sounds of heavy equipment should echo throughout The Valley, a neighborhood on the near west side of downtown Indianapolis, as work begins on the new $100 million global headquarters for Elanco Animal Health. ... Read More
Elanco executives and state officials celebrate the launch of Elanco’s $100 million global headquarters on the near west side of Indianapolis. ... Read More
Purdue University celebrates the opening of the new veterinary medical complex.... Read More
North Manchester-based MPS Egg Farms recently announced a partnership with The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) to produce the world’s first carbon-neutral, cage-free eggs for Kroger’s Simple Truth brand... Read More
Officials from Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Agriculture will Friday afternoon dedicate the new David and Bonnie Brunner Purdue Veterinary Medical Hospital Complex.... Read More
Indianapolis-based automated crop intelligence company Intelinair is launching AGMRI Enterprise, a service that provides an aggregated view of what is happening in customer fields with regularly scheduled flights throughout the season. Intelinair says the platform provides retailers an overall view of what is happening within a certain geographic area using satellite and aerial imagery.... Read More
West Lafayette-based ag technology company Solinftec will be launching a new robot this growing season to scan and monitor fields. ... Read More
.S. farmers are not feeling very optimistic about the economy right now, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. ... Read More
Nearly 70 Hoosier farm families have received the Hoosier Homestead Award in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture.... Read More
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
