Results of a recent survey conducted by the Indiana Conservation Partnership reveals greater adoption of cover crops by Indiana farmers. The organization says an estimated 1.5 million acres of cover c... Read More
As of July 1, Indiana has an official state snack. Its popcorn grown and packaged in the Hoosier State. The Indiana General Assembly approved the bill in May.... Read More
A startup in Hancock County is using artificial intelligence technology to help livestock farmers improve their animal breeding efforts. Verility LLC has developed a device called Fertile-Eyez, which... Read More
Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTA) is celebrating its second birthday this month as a standalone company. The Delaware-based company, which spun out of DowDuPont (NYSE: DD) in 2019, employs some 2,000 pe... Read More
AgriNovus Indiana is looking for teams to participate in its second annual Producer-Led Innovation Challenge. This year's competition, which comes with a $25,000 grand prize from the Purdue Foundry, c... Read More
Hoosiers and visitors can now follow the cheddar brick road to experience Indiana's Cheese Trail after a kick-off celebration earlier this month at Crystal Springs Creamery in Osceola. The American Da... Read More
A meat processor in the tiny Dubois County community of Celestine is nearing completion of a second plant, with plans to double production and staff. Sander Processing is building the second shop in n... Read More
Kansas City-based Dairy Farmers of America Inc. has notified the state it is closing an ice cream plant in Decatur and will be laying off more than 160 workers. DFA says the permanent closing of the A... Read More
A Purdue University professor has been awarded more than $1.4 million in grants to further his research of bovine respiratory disease, which is one of the most common and costly diseases affecting the... Read More
Forty small, regional meat processors in Indiana have received nearly $4 million in federal CARES Act funding to help offset the impact of COVID-19. The money was distributed through a grant program a... Read More
Greenfield-based Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) has named Marcela Kirberger general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding Michael-Bryant Hicks. Hicks announced his resignation in Februar... Read More
A national measurement of the farm economy shows farmers are less optimistic than they were last month, according to a new report from Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. The Ag Eco... Read More
One of the nation’s leading farmland real estate companies says auction bids on agricultural land values are reaching levels not seen since 2014, including higher-quality agricultural land in Indiana.... Read More
A coalition of organizations and businesses is partnering to help bring reliable broadband service to the most unserved and underserved communities across Indiana, and it is counting on Hoosiers to pi... Read More
Governor Eric Holcomb will join officials from biotechnology firm Inari to break ground Wednesday on an expanded greenhouse in West Lafayette. The Boston-based agbioscience company, which has research... Read More
The new chief executive officer of the National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation says he has been preparing for this position his entire life, even though he did not even know it. Scot... Read More
The Indianapolis-based National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation have named Scott Stump the new chief executive officer of both organizations. The move comes five months after former C... Read More
An Evansville-based company has announced plans to grow its southern Indiana operations. Heliponix LLC, which has developed the GroPod smart garden appliance, says it will invest nearly $2 million to... Read More
The chief executive officer of South Bend-based Pure Green Farms says the business model is all about disruption of the food chain. Joe McGuire’s team is using some of the most advanced technology in... Read More
Indianapolis-based tech startup Market Wagon says it has just secured a $5 million investment to expand its online farmers market to more than 50 markets by the end of the year. The platform helps far... Read More
