Ag INnovation

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

The chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Farms Inc. in Leesburg is stepping down. The company, which produces duck products for the retail and food service markets, says Terry Tucker has retired afte... Read More

The lead organizer of the National FFA convention says the keys to a successful event this year will be flexibility, patience, and communication, like never before. The youth organization announced We... Read More

Beck’s Hybrids and Boston-based Inari have announced a research and development partnership to accelerate innovation on gene editing technology. The seed company, which is headquartered in the Hamilto... Read More

AgriNovus Indiana says there are not enough trained workers in the state to fill the growing number of available jobs in Indian's agbioscience sector. That is one reason why the organization has devel... Read More

Organizers say the Purdue University Student Farm will again offer fresh, locally grown vegetables once again to community members. Now in its second year, the farm says its Boilermaker Vegetable Seas... Read More