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Pumpkin crop ‘above average’ for 2024, Purdue prof says
Stephen Meyers says consumers in Indiana and across the country can expect an above-average pumpkin crop, both in terms of yield and quality.
Indiana Farm Bureau names taxes, local water rights as 2025 legislative priorities
The state’s largest agricultural lobbyist group announced its legislative priorities Thursday morning.
Corteva takes $25M stake in North Carolina gene-editing agriculture company
Corteva, the Indianapolis-based seed and crop protection giant, formed a joint venture with the startup, Pairwise, based in Durham, North Carolina, aimed at increasing crop yield for food, fuel and fiber production.
Braun releases rural ag plan that calls for tax relief, new broadband program
Sen. Mike Braun, the Republican candidate for governor, partnered with conservative public policy group Hoosiers for Opportunity, Prosperity & Enterprise Inc., or HOPE, to develop his agenda.
Braun, Young join effort to protect farmland from foreign adversaries
The legislation would add the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which can recommend that the president block or suspend any transactions with a worrisome impact on national security.
Sweaty corn making Midwest even more humid
Farmers are also planting more acres of corn, in part to meet demand for ethanol, which means more plants working harder to stay cool — pumping out humidity that adds to steamy misery like that blanketing much of the U.S. this week.
Perdue recalls 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after wire found
According to Perdue and the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall covers select lots of three products sold nationwide.
Corteva opens $30M seed distribution center in Anderson
The 300,000-square-foot facility will receive and distribute primarily corn and soybean seeds that will eventually end up on Indiana and Ohio farms.
Lieutenant governor candidates debate property taxes, water rights
Republican Micah Beckwith, Democrat Terry Goodin and Libertarian Tonya Hudson spent most of Tuesday’s agriculture-focused debate arguing over whose tax policies would be most beneficial.
Farmers honor ‘Peanuts’ creator Charles M. Schulz with corn mazes across North America
More than 80 farms in the U.S. and Canada, including three in Indiana, have teamed up with Peanuts Worldwide to create “Peanuts”-themed mazes to celebrate the beloved strip’s 75th birthday this summer and fall.
Lieutenant governor candidates to meet at agriculture-themed debate
Agriinstitute, a Danville-based agricultural advocacy group, will host the Aug. 13 debate. It’s scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds’ Purdue Extension Building.
AgriNovus report details agbioscience sector growth opportunities
The AgriNovus Indiana report quantifies agbiosciences as contributing $22.7 billion to the state’s gross domestic product. It also identifies several key areas of opportunity for growth in this sector.
‘Truly a game changer’: Indiana ag leaders focus on farm bill impact
For Indiana—the seventh-largest agricultural exporter and ninth-largest farming state in the U.S.—the legislation could have wide-ranging impacts.
Report: Indiana has lost 350K acres of farmland, but productivity rises
The Indiana General Assembly passed House Enrolled Act 1557 last year, tasking the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to estimate the amount of farmland lost—as well as the cause of it—from 2010 to 2022.
As bird flu continues to spread, Indiana holds off on mandatory dairy cattle testing
So far, scores of dairy farm cows in 12 states—including Michigan and Ohio—have been infected with H5N1, also known as bird flu.
Farmers ask for property tax ‘intervention’ as communities, schools face challenges
Property taxes again took center stage during tax reform discussions Tuesday—with farmers asking for a reprieve and local units of government seeking to head off significant cuts in revenue.
Elanco to launch product that reduces dairy cattle methane emissions
Elanco has called Bovaer a potential blockbuster, meaning it could ring up annual sales of at least $100 million.
Holcomb administration seeks new crop markets, partners on ag trade mission
IBJ talked with State Agriculture Director Don Lamb about the trade mission to Brazil, the importance of agriculture trade missions and Indiana’s import/export relationships.
State budget leader foreshadows focus on property taxes next session
Rep. Jeff Thompson, the chair of the House’s fiscal-minded Ways and Means Committee, says his goal is simplicity but that the changes he has in mind are so massive that they could take multiple sessions.