New CEO announced for Traction Ag

Traction is a software-as-a-service company that allows farm managers to handle accounting, payroll and operations from a single platform that is designed specifically for farm operations. ... Read More

Hammond company wins AgriNovus innovation challenge

Hammond-based FiberX will use its $25,000 grand prize from AgriNovus Indiana's Producer-Led Innovation Challenge to commercialize its products. The company sources and converts corn stover into a feedstock for use in the chemical and materials sectors.... Read More

Indiana ag co-ops move for merger vote

Two Indiana-based agricultural cooperatives will soon be seeking approval from their members to pursue a merger. The announcement from Indianapolis-based Co-Alliance and Ceres Solutions in Crawfordsville follows a three-month due diligence period.... Read More

Soybean processing facility in Seymour sold

Benson Hill Inc., a food tech company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has sold its soybean crush facility in Seymour to White River Soy Processing LLC in Omaha, Nebraska. The deal, which closed on Tuesday, is valued at $36 million.... Read More

Work begins on Corteva facility in Anderson

Officials in Anderson broke ground Tuesday on a $30 million warehouse and distribution facility for Indianapolis-based seed distributor Corteva Agriscience. The project is expected to create more than 40 jobs when complete.... Read More

$1.1M grant supports Purdue researcher to study plant stress

Gyeong Mee Yoon, an associate professor of botany and plant pathology, is researching how two different biochemical pathways, biosynthesis and signaling of the ethylene hormone play into how plants respond to stressors like drought, severe heat and cold. There may be a link between independent cellular signaling pathways of ethylene biosynthesis and autophagy.... Read More