The trigger wasn’t Trump’s China tariffs, but the waivers the administration granted this month to 31 oil refineries so they don’t have to blend ethanol into their gasoline.
Read MoreCongress is considering amending laws to make it easier for smaller processors to sell products. But while new, smaller slaughterhouses could be the antidote to industry concentration, they don’t offer a quick, or inexpensive, fix.
Workers returned Friday to Indiana Packers Corp. plant following the completion of coronavirus testing of its 2,267 workers. More than 300 plant workers tested positive for the coronavirus, about 13% of its workforce.
AgriNovus Indiana, an agbioscience initiative by the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, on Wednesday announced it has hired Mitch Frazier as its CEO.
Employers have struggled to contain the virus in meatpacking plants, where workers toil side by side on production lines and often share crowded locker rooms, cafeterias and rides to work.
Fishers-based Aggressively Organic Inc., an agricultural technology company that focuses on alleviating food insecurity, announced plans in 2017 to hire 200 people by the end of 2021.
Naples, Florida-based Cormo USA is is set to make its mark in the world of peat moss, and the agricultural technology firm thinks Rushville is the place to do it. The company projects local employment will hit 250 by 2025.
Some Indiana farmers have started harvesting their first legal crop of hemp without knowing whether it will prove to be lucrative.
Vice President Mike Pence stumped for President Trump’s proposed deal with Mexico and Canada during a rally Thursday at McAllister Machinery on the city’s southeast side.
Deputy Mayor Leah McGrath told IBJ the city and Brandywine mutually agreed to “discontinue” their partnership after the city’s vision for the park grew beyond Mayor Scott Fadness’ early concept.
The U.S. Department of Commerce said the deal with benefit tomato producers across America, including those in Florida, Indiana, Texas and Arizona.
Billboard companies spiked the cancer ad. But Citizens Gas or WellPoint might have gotten a different result.
Now scientists are finding genetically modified insect killer in Indiana water.
How much longer until even Pennsylvania is eclipsed?
Cultivian Ventures began investing in a no-man's land just as the financial crisis ramped up, and now it's already considering a second fund.
Prime farmland is disappearing fast, Indiana University researcher warns.
If it isn’t huge methane bubbles in manure pits, its drug suspects actually hiding in the stuff.
How will the state stand up against booming—and highly innovative—emerging nations?
Powerful new lobbies are fighting over the future of the controversial industry. Who are they appealing to? You.
Like cattle, hogs and other big farm animals? You’re now considered a diversity candidate.
Want to start a fight? Don’t say “health care reform.” Try “raw milk."
