- Indiana Dairy Producer Alex Neuenschwander Ready to Serve as Indy 500 Veteran Milk Presenterby C.J. Miller on May 12, 2024 at 4:20 am
The 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 is fast approaching—and so is the tradition of having an Indiana Dairy producer hand an ice-cold glass bottle of milk to the winning driver of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
- Senate Ag Chair Stabenow on Strengthening Protections for Specialty Crop Producers in Farm Billby Sabrina Halvorson on May 12, 2024 at 4:10 am
Tomatoes, pumpkins, and watermelons are just three of the biggest specialty crops produced here in Indiana. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), who serves as Senate Ag Chair, recently told Hoosier Ag Today about her plans to strengthen
- Purdue Wins NAMA’s Student Marketing Competitionby C.J. Miller on May 10, 2024 at 10:20 pm
Purdue Agriculture students took home the top prize recently during the Student Marketing Competition hosted by the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA). This year’s event was held in conjunction with NAMA’s annual Conference in Kansas City, April 23-24.
- Planting Weather Forecast: Plenty of Moisture, But Dry Windows Will Emergeby Ryan Martin on May 10, 2024 at 10:10 pm
We still have plenty of moisture in our planting forecast, but we are seeing some drier days coming near the end of the 10-day forecast window. However, we start things off with scattered light rain showers
- Longer Breaks Between Rain Events in the Forecast and a Potential Window Opens Next Weekendby Eric Pfeiffer on May 10, 2024 at 12:20 am
Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin believes we still have too much moisture in the near-term forecast to get a whole lot done, but we might start to see some longer breaks in between those moisture events. To close
- Lawmakers Pressure USDA to Restore July Cattle Report, County Level Estimatesby Sabrina Halvorson on May 10, 2024 at 12:15 am
Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are pressuring USDA in response to the agency’s announcement they’re no longer issuing some important reports later this summer. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) cited budget restraints when it announced recently
- Bill Introduced in US House to Streamline Rural Broadband Projectsby Hoosier Ag Today on May 10, 2024 at 12:10 am
Legislation has been introduced in Congress to streamline the permitting process for rural broadband infrastructure projects The Facilitating Optimal and Rapid Expansion and Siting of Telecommunications (FOREST) Act, which was written by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), is
- Paying Attention to Your Seeding Depth With Purdue’s Corn, Soybean Guysby Eric Pfeiffer on May 9, 2024 at 12:20 am
Farmers have quite a bit of time right now to think about unique and different approaches as they wait for dry spells to get in and plant. Research agronomists are doing the same. On the latest Purdue
- Northwest Indiana Planting Progress Remains Slowby Andy Eubank on May 9, 2024 at 12:15 am
In the first of our growing season updates with Channel Seeds, a look at northwest Indiana planting progress reveals slow progress as farmers wait on Mother Nature to give them the necessary planting windows. “It’s hit or
- Indiana FFA Names Make48 Innovation Contest Winnersby Indiana State Dept. of Agriculture on May 9, 2024 at 12:10 am
The Indiana FFA Association and Make48 company named the Top Agilities, Top Sales Pitch, and Overall Winner in the first ever all FFA teams Make48 Innovation Competition held at the Fishers Maker Space on Sunday, May 5.