2026 Innovation Issue: Inari’s gene-editing ambitions grow amid legal fight, layoffs
The company’s dispute with Corteva Agriscience highlights the tension between Inari’s model and an industry long dominated by a small number of global companies.
Agriculture/Farming
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McCammon’s Irish Market closes remaining garden center
The owners of McCammon’s Irish Market have permanently closed their garden center in Brownsburg, not long after doing the same thing to their location in Greenwood.
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Large package of farmland hitting auction block near Lebanon’s LEAP District
The largely agricultural area has been in the spotlight for several years since state economic development officials began assembling thousands of acres of land for the district.
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Indiana State Fair overcomes heat, sees slight attendance increase
This year’s attendance figure was the largest since 2019, when the fair ran 17 days instead of 15.
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Q&A with Oliver Winery CEO Pat Brown about the company’s growth
“My goal is, let’s have another 50 years,” Brown said. “How do we set ourselves up to keep the foundation and build on it? And there’s another 50, 100 years in this business or more.”
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2026 Innovation Issue: Beck’s Hybrids AI platform educates farmers about their crops
In February, Beck’s publicly launched SeedIQ, a free online product management platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide data and management recommendations to help farmers unlock the potential of their corn and soybean hybrids.
USDA to move SNAP administrative office and staff to Indianapolis
The move is part of a larger effort to shift Department of Agriculture services out of Washington, D.C. and spread them across the country.
Supreme Court considers blocking lawsuits alleging weed killer causes cancer
Billions of dollars are at stake, as well as the future of a chemical the nation’s largest farm group says is so important that ending its use would threaten America’s food supply.
Deere & Co agrees to pay $99M to settle ‘right to repair’ lawsuit
The settlement would resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the farm equipment giant of monopolizing repair services.
Eggs for Easter cost much less than last year. A look at the numbers.
What’s good for consumers isn’t necessarily good for farmers, who are finding it difficult to recoup their costs as egg prices plummet.
Iran war has US farmers worried about cost, availability of fertilizer
Thousands of farmers across the country will pay far more this spring than they expected for fertilizer that is essential to their crops.
War spurs US backup fertilizer push before planting season
The Trump administration has moved to locate backup sources of fertilizers for American farmers at the start of the planting season after the Iran war shut down a key source of supply.
Lasting surge in diesel prices would batter nation’s truckers, farmers
High diesel prices could have wide implications for the economy. Along with trucking, diesel powers the nation’s rail carriers, farm tractors, harvesters and combines.
Bayer agrees to $7.2B proposed settlement over thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuits
The company has warned that mounting legal costs are threatening its ability to continue selling the product in U.S. agricultural markets.
Q&A: BiomEdit CEO goes behind the scenes of an $18.4M VC round
The animal health startup had fundraising success in 2025, a year in which investment deals were hard to come by.
China meets initial soybean purchase goal, but Trump’s shifting trade policy could disrupt deal
Beijing paused any purchase of U.S. soybeans last summer during its trade war with Washington, D.C., but agreed to resume buying from American soybean farmers after President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in South Korea and agreed to a truce.
Indiana State Fair Commission names next executive director
The fair commission’s longtime executive director, Cindy Hoye, will step down in March.
Trump seeks to cut restrictions on marijuana through planned order
Democrats and Republicans alike have been interested in reclassifying marijuana, with some politicians citing its potential benefit as a medical treatment and the political popularity of the widely used drug.
Farmers to get more money from Trump, but they still have more problems
U.S. farmers have suffered from persistently low commodity prices, rising costs and declining sales.
Senate bill aimed at easing Indiana’s veterinary shortage
The legislation would allow licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians from other states to practice in Indiana without needing to go through the state’s full examination process.
Trump announces $11B in tariff relief for farmers
President Trump has been under pressure to approve an aid package for farmers, who have struggled under sinking crop prices and increasing costs for equipment, fertilizer and other production expenses.
Trump to unveil $12B aid package for farmers hit hard by trade war
The aid comes amid rising frustration among farmers on the slow pace of Chinese purchases, which Beijing clamped down on earlier this year in retaliation for Trump’s escalating tariff barrage.
Technology turning farming into more attractive career for young people
“Like Star Wars”: Farm work is evolving from “labor-intensive, backbreaking manual labor” to “managing a swarm of robots.”
‘Culture of chaos’: Indiana hemp industry on edge as federal lawmakers ban delta-8 products
Tied up in the bill that ended the 43-day shutdown was language that bans almost all hemp-derived products starting in November 2026.