Indianapolis plays key role in plans to disrupt shrimp farming industry
Atarraya Inc. is working to create a showroom and training facility in the city for its new signature product, the Shrimpbox.
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Resurgent bird flu wiping out egg, turkey supplies across America
Inventories of whole turkeys are their lowest levels going into the U.S. winter holiday season since 2006. That means there will be little relief from inflation for Thanksgiving dinner.
Ag-tech company bringing Shrimpbox to Indianapolis
Atarraya Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to invest $4.8 million to establish its first U.S. container-based shrimp farming operation in Indianapolis and create up to 65 jobs by the end of 2025.
Indiana-based ag-tech startup lands $3M in seed funding
Carmel-based Hageman Group, Indianapolis-based Allos Ventures and Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures Inc. all participated in the funding round.
Westfield-based Taranis lands $40M growth investment
Taranis, which was founded in Israel in 2015 and moved its headquarters to Westfield in 2020, offers a software platform farmers can use to monitor and manage their crops.
Summer drought conditions take hefty toll on American crops
It was a bad year for corn. And for tomatoes, hard red winter wheat, cotton, rice and several other crops.
Deadly bird flu returns to Midwest earlier than expected
The highly pathogenic disease has been detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota and a hobby flock in Indiana, officials said Wednesday.
U.S. asks farmers: Can you plant two crops instead of one?
The USDA hopes to significantly increase the amount of wheat that U.S. farmers could grow every year, lessening the reliance on big wheat producers like Ukraine and Russia and eliminating bottlenecks.
U.S. crop tour stokes fears of looming corn shortage
A poor U.S. harvest will likely exacerbate the food inflation that’s already been gripping the world.
Editorial: Solving food access problems requires coordinated efforts
No one solution is enough, which is why we are happy to see work happening from several angles.
Braun pushes for more spending on agriculture research, development
Indiana Sen. Mike Braun said increasing government spending on agriculture research should be a top priority for the federal government as lawmakers in Congress craft their ongoing response to food security issues.
Egg prices falling fast in relief for U.S. consumers
Farms are repopulating birds that they had to kill during this year’s highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak. The outbreak killed more than 30 million commercial and wild birds.
USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products
The salmonella bacteria sickens 1.3 million Americans each year, sends more than 26,000 of them to hospitals and causes 420 deaths, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
Ag tech startup closes $3.5M funding round for livestock fertility platform
The technology, Fertile-Eyez, analyzes swine fertility, which enables livestock producers to accelerate reproduction among the herd.
Republican AGs sue U.S. agency over LGBTQ school guidance
More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Feds sue poultry producers, alleging unfair worker practices
In its lawsuit, the Justice Department alleges the companies have been engaged in a multiyear conspiracy to exchange information about the wages and benefits of workers at poultry processing plants to drive down employee competition in the marketplace.
Hoosier farmers struggle with high costs, low supplies, little rain
Farmers and agricultural experts say the continued effects of the pandemic, government policy decisions and far-reaching impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are also contributing factors.
Indiana farmers battle production cost spikes
Facing steep increases in food production costs, Indiana farmers warn that consumers are likely to see continued price jumps at stores later this year.
Smithfield Foods settles pork price-fixing lawsuit for $42M
The lawsuit remains pending against other major pork producers, including Hormel, Tyson Foods, Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods, and the Agri Stats database company they allegedly used to share confidential information.
Despite potential, Midwestern farms struggle to market fish
With global seafood consumption expected to increase by 100-170 billion pounds by 2030, the growing seafood trade deficit means more fish will need to be farm-raised, opening the door for Midwestern farmers to meet demand.