PODCAST: Paper, Peat and Plantennas
An entrepreneur from northwest Indiana is using innovation to change how greenhouses operate, while also working to control carbon emissions. Mont Handley developed a product called PittMoss, a peat m... Read More
Ag INnovation
CEO: Ag Co-ops Merge to Remain Competitive
The chief executive officer of the newly-formed agricultural and energy cooperative Premier Companies in Seymour says co-ops across the country are seeing the need to gain size and scale to remain com... Read More
Hoosier Seed Coating Company Acquired
California-based Tide Rock Holdings has acquired two seed coating companies, including one in Indiana. Financial terms of the deal for New Albany-based Midwest Seed Coating, as well as Summit Seed Coa... Read More
High Wine Grape Yields Expected in Indiana
Despite a late freeze and the potential for Brood X cicada damage at the beginning of the wine grape growing season, experts believe Indiana will see a high yield this year. Purdue University viticult... Read More
Rose Acre Farms Sells Soybean Facility
Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms has sold a soybean crushing facility to food technology and ingredient company Benson Hill Inc. of St. Louis. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, Benson Hill says... Read More
PODCAST: Field Atlas Guidance
It has been a year since AgriNovus Indiana launched its Field Atlas program. It is a career exploration platform to help guide high school and college students towards a possible career in the agbiosc... Read More
Bee Corp Furthers Pilot Testing of Hive Tech
Indianapolis-based The Bee Corp is continuing testing of its hive grading technology with new crops. The startup says it has launched pilot tests of Verifli, which has previously been used to determin... Read More
Slight Improvement in Farmer Outlook
Farmers who took part in the monthly Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer survey were a bit more optimistic in August, but there is growing concern about inflation. The reading last month... Read More
Two Co-ops Merge, Create Premier Companies
Two southern Indiana agricultural cooperatives have merged to create Premier Companies, headquartered in Seymour. The former White River Cooperative Inc., headquartered in Loogootee, and Premier Ag Co... Read More
Elanco Completes Purchase of Pet Therapeutics Firm
Greenfield-based Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) says it has completed its acquisition of California-based Kindred Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: KIN) in a deal valued at approximately $440 million.... Read More
PODCAST: Providing More Meat into the Food Supply
The co-founder and chief executive officer of animal health startup Verility Inc. says the technology her company is advancing could help increase protein production for a growing global population. L... Read More
Pure Green Farms Lands California Company Investment
A hydroponic indoor farm in South Bend is getting a boost from California-based Taylor Farms. Pure Green Farms, which has built a four-acre greenhouse that grows pesticide-free greens, says the invest... Read More
Beck’s Completes New Soybean Tower
Hamilton County-based Beck's Hybrids will Wednesday mark the completion of its new east soybean processing tower. The facility is part of a $60 million expansion announced in 2019 that is expected to... Read More
High School Farm Lands Federal Grant
A farming program at Franklin Community High School has received a federal boost. Our partners at the Daily Journal report the school has received a more than $72,000 Farm to School grant from the U.S... Read More
PODCAST: Inari Offers Agility and Innovation in Ag Research
The new chief product officer for agbioscience company Inari Inc. says you do not need to drive very far to see how important Indiana is for global agriculture. “Indiana hosts many agricultural busine... Read More
Precision Ag Company Growing in Indiana
Agtech startup IntelinAir Inc. says its AI-driven crop intelligence software is helping farmers drive yields and their bottom line. The precision agriculture company uses machine learning, computer vi... Read More
Purdue Growing Ag-Celerator Fund
Purdue University is expanding eligibility requirements for its $2 million Ag-Celerator Fund. The university says the fund, which was previously open to startups in the plant sciences sector, is now o... Read More
PODCAST: Human Health Crosses Over to Animal Health
A co-founder of Warsaw-based ag biotech company Owl Manor says he is seeing growth in Indiana’s entrepreneurial spirit, especially in the agricultural and biotechnology sectors. Mark Schindel talks ab... Read More
Indiana on Pace for Record Crops
A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Indiana farmers are on pace to harvest record corn and soybean yields this fall. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is forecasti... Read More
Indiana Sees Double Digit Gains in Farmland Values
Agricultural land values in the Midwest have climbed 14% year over year, reflecting the largest gain in eight years. In its quarterly land values report, the Seventh Federal Reserve Bank district in C... Read More