In its legislative priorities announcement, INFB said it would focus on those two issues because they could have a long-term impact on two of its overall priorities: protecting the ability to farm and food security.... Read More
Brazil-based Sustainea this week announced plans to build the facility next to Illinois-based Primient's production facility in the city, and the IEDC says the project will create 191 high-wage jobs in the coming years.... Read More
Sustainea is looking to invest approximately $400 million to build its first Bio-MEG plant next door to Primient's Lafayette production facility and create an undisclosed number of jobs.... Read More
Legacy Feed, a partnership between the farmer-owned Keystone Cooperative and swine management company Signature Farms LP, has begun operations at its new feed mill in the Henry County community of Millville.... Read More
The Indiana’s Mississippi River Basin Soil Sampling Program was developed to positively impact the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy efforts. Soil sampling assesses soil fertility and nutrient content over time. ... Read More
Purdue says the decline in farmer sentiment can be attributed to lower income expectations among producers, as well as concerns over the future of agricultural trade and how the upcoming election could affect their farm operations.... Read More
Co-founders Ellie Symes and Wyatt Wells, both Indiana University graduates, launched The Bee Corp. in 2016, after winning IU’s Business Entrepreneurs and Technology Competition that year. Initially located in Bloomington, the company moved to Indianapolis.... Read More
Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than the sun and an occasional water tower.... Read More
Indiana Grown and the Indiana Farmers Market Community of Practice have announced Coffee Creek Farmers Market in Chesterton as the winner of second annual Indiana's Ultimate Farmers Market Challenge.... Read More
The university said the mission of the coalition is to generate real-world data in support of regenerative agriculture practices to "help farmers restore soil health and biomass, increase biodiversity, and improve the resiliency of ecosystems over time."... Read More
Corteva Inc. announced Tuesday it has taken a $25 million stake in a North Carolina-based technology startup that uses gene-editing technology in food and agriculture.... Read More
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Braun on Friday released a policy plan intended to benefit farmers and rural residents—highlighting ideas for tax relief, economic development and more.... Read More
Sens. Mike Braun and Todd Young, both Republicans, are among 15 senators from both parties sponsoring legislation that would add additional federal oversights to farmland deals. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure on Wednesday.... Read More
Agriculture producers nationwide are expressing growing concerns over farm income prospects, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The barometer fell 13 points to a reading of 100 in August.... Read More
Red crown rot is a crop disease affecting Indiana's soybeans. The disease is most common in the southern U.S. but it's moving north and researchers are warning farmers to be on the lookout.... Read More
In August, Isaac and Kyla Schroeder of Perry County won the Excellence in Agriculture Award from Indiana Farm Bureau. They spoke with Inside INdiana Business about the challenges facing young farmers and their commitment to agriculture.... Read More
Washington-based Sedron Technologies is nearing completion of an $80 million facility at Curtis Creek Dairy in northwest Indiana that can convert cow manure into clean water, fertilizers and other products that can be reused by the farm.... Read More
Randy Kron is president of Indiana Farm Bureau and serves on the board of the Indiana Grain Indemnity Corp. He spoke with Inside INdiana Business about his quest to share farmers’ stories and being a 2024 Indiana 250 honoree.... Read More
The competition, which awards a $25,000 grand prize, is designed to find innovative solutions to problems farmers face on a daily basis. This year, AgriNovus aims to address ongoing labor shortages on farms, as well as administrative management issues.... Read More
A pair of Purdue researchers has received a total of nearly $100,000 to further develop their innovations, one a drought-resistant soybean plant and the other a new arthritis treatment.... Read More
