May 16, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisOrganizers at the not-for-profit Downtown Westfield Association on Wednesday said the open-air market near City Hall will
not operate this year. It had been scheduled for Friday evenings from June to September.
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May 14, 2013
Associated PressA weekly report says 30 percent of Indiana's corn crop was planted as of Sunday, up from 8 percent the week before, but still
off the 5-year average of 54 percent.
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May 9, 2013
Associated PressSpring gardeners, lawn manicurists and nursery folk of all varieties on the hunt for cheap fertilizer this planting season
need look no farther than the Greenfield's wastewater treatment facility.
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May 8, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's honey bee populations are taking a hit from a mysterious disorder that's devastating bee colonies across
the nation.
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May 7, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government's weekly crop report says 8 percent of the Indiana corn crop was planted as of Sunday, well behind
the 82 percent planted by the same time last year.
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May 1, 2013
Associated PressAs of Sunday, farmers in Indiana had planted just 1 percent of the corn crop, compared with the five-year average of 30 percent
by the end of April, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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April 25, 2013
Mason King, Bloomberg NewsRecord sales for seeds and new crop protection products helped boost revenue 14 percent at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences
LLC in its new fiscal year.
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April 13, 2013
Scott OlsonA couple of fledgling entrepreneurs hope to tap into the increasing popularity of local microbreweries—not by starting
one but by supplying them with a key flavoring ingredient integral to making beer.
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March 28, 2013
Associated PressTaking videos and photos at Indiana farms and factories without permission would be a crime under a proposal endorsed 9-3
Thursday by the House agriculture committee.
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March 28, 2013
Associated PressRepublican pundit Mary Matalin is among several celebrities lobbying Indiana lawmakers to oppose a bill banning filming at
farms and factories.
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March 12, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University said Tuesday that Indiana farmers received payouts for 2012 corn, soybean and wheat losses that are nearly
twice as much as the previous record of $522 million in 2008.
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February 19, 2013
Associated PressThe U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to side with Monsanto Co. in its claim that an Indiana farmer violated the
company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer.
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February 18, 2013
Associated PressThe court case poses the question of an Indiana farmer's actions violated the patent rights held by Monsanto, which developed
seeds that survive when farmers spray their fields with Roundup weed-killer. The seeds dominate agriculture, including in
Indiana, where more than 90 percent of soybeans are Roundup Ready.
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February 3, 2013
Associated PressThe state's agriculture department under new Gov. Mike Pence is planning a push into the science behind food production
by trying to build a network of university and commercial researchers for what's being called an Agriculture Innovation
Corridor.
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February 3, 2013
Associated PressEight years after being nicknamed Biotown USA, the town of Reynolds is as dependent on the energy grid as it ever was, and
is likely to become more so.
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December 19, 2012
Associated PressIndiana never spent millions of dollars the federal government provided to help make sure the children of migrant workers
get a good education, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education.
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December 14, 2012
Associated PressIndiana farmers say they have a lot to lose should the nation go over the so-called fiscal cliff, a set of automatic spending
cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in January unless the White House and Republicans negotiate a compromise.
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December 6, 2012
Chris O'MalleyCitizens Energy Group’s multistate transportation and industrial fueling subsidiary would market the gas as an alternative
vehicle fuel.
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November 21, 2012
Bloomberg NewsEven after the worst drought in a half-century shriveled crops from Ohio to Nebraska, U.S. farmers are having their most-profitable
year ever because of record- high prices and insurance claims.
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November 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinChris Baggott has spent the past year and a half raising cattle, pigs and chickens on pasture, rather than conventional feed
grain, and without the use of hormones or antibiotics.
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November 17, 2012
The locally based purveyor of organic produce is leasing 50 acres in Ohio to serve its customers in that state, Indiana and
Kentucky.
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November 8, 2012
Associated PressA new Purdue University report says farm-related deaths in Indiana fell to 16 last year and none involved children for the
first time in 13 years.
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October 19, 2012
Associated PressA September study by Purdue University found farmland prices were as much as 18 percent higher than in 2011, and some appraisers
say they continue to go up.
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September 28, 2012
The lawsuit, filed in December 2010 by Bayer CropScience SA, charged that Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences' herbicide-tolerance
technology infringed one of its patents.
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August 29, 2012
Associated PressA Purdue University farm expert says recent rainfall has delivered a late-season boost to Indiana's drought-stressed soybean
crop.
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these guys only skill was to steal from other's hard earned savings.
I voted for him last time and it WAS the LAST time. He needed to to quit running around the world on useless trips, and giving our $$ away to sports teams. I'll vote for anyone but Ballard next time. BTW...we gave $40M to the Pacers and cannot even watch the games on TV.
For the people concerned about traffic, you should know that mixed-use projects (like the one being proposed), actually allows for and encourages more people to walk and bike, thereby mitigating additional automobile traffic. If we continue to design and build suburban-type projects in the City (i.e. automobile-oriented projects), we are not offering anything different from what the suburbs offer, which means we will continue to lose jobs/people to the suburbs. The reason Broad Ripple is somewhat successful today is that people want to live in a place that offers the convenience of being able to walk/bike to restaurants, retail, nightlife, the Monon, etc. Why would you not want to support a project that is complimentary to what already makes the area desirable? The real argument with this project should be its lack-luster design and layout, not the density.
It is unfortunate that there is a perception that celebrities validate an event. The Indy 500 stands on its own, especially for those coming in from out of town. It was always so disturbing to read the gushing descriptions of Ashley Judd threaded throughout the local coverage. Very happy that era is at an end.
Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.