BioTown still dependent on grid eight years later
Eight 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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New state agriculture chief to emphasize R&D
Gina Sheets said she's working on new ideas and keeping her eye on farm-related issues in the General Assembly.
Feds criticize Indiana education program for migrant children
Indiana 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.
Indiana farmers fear estate tax changes
Indiana 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.
Drought had little impact on Christmas tree prices
That Christmas tree you plan to go out and buy this weekend should be similar in price to last year, if not the same price.
USDA chief: Rural America becoming less relevant
Tom Vilsack, former Democratic governor of Iowa, told farm belt leaders this past week that he’s frustrated with their internecine squabbles and says they need to be more strategic in picking their political fights.
Citizens plans new unit to sell liquefied natural gas
Citizens Energy Group’s multistate transportation and industrial fueling subsidiary would market the gas as an alternative vehicle fuel.
Drought no obstacle to record income for U.S. farms
Even 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.
ExactTarget co-founder Baggott turns zeal to natural farming
Chris 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.
Green BEAN Delivery expands with second farm
The locally based purveyor of organic produce is leasing 50 acres in Ohio to serve its customers in that state, Indiana and Kentucky.
Green BEAN sows seeds of growth
Green BEAN Delivery’s roots may be in central Indiana, but the homegrown firm also is planting itself in Cincinnati—literally.
Farm fatalities fall in Indiana; no children die
A 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.
Farmland prices going up in much of Indiana
A 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.
Dow AgroSciences prevails in patent-infringement case
The lawsuit, filed in December 2010 by Bayer CropScience SA, charged that Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide-tolerance technology infringed one of its patents.
Rain aids Indiana soybeans, but Isaac worries farmers
A Purdue University farm expert says recent rainfall has delivered a late-season boost to Indiana's drought-stressed soybean crop.
Salmonella at Indiana farm matches outbreak strain
A southwestern Indiana cantaloupe farm is the source of at least some of the salmonella responsible for an outbreak that sickened people in 21 states and killed two Kentucky residents, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.
FDA names Indiana farm tied to salmonella in melons
The Food and Drug Administration has identified a southern Indiana farm that produced cantaloupes linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak and says the operation has recalled its melons.
Health safety advocates want melon farm identified
Food safety advocates called on federal officials to release the name of an Indiana farm that recalled its cantaloupes amid a salmonella outbreak.
History points to worse-than-expected year for crops
U.S. corn farmers, who've been hurt by the worst drought in a generation, are likely to harvest smaller crops than the government forecast this month, based an analysis of dry spells in the past 42 years.
All 92 Indiana counties now farming disaster areas
The federal government has now declared all 92 Indiana counties as agricultural disaster areas following the state's worst drought in decades.