Hoosier Ag Today

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably heard about the “One Health Initiative” in Indiana. We’re quickly becoming the global hub for the agbiosciences, and now we have a name for it. That name is The BioHeartland.

President Donald Trump has appointed country music artist John Rich of the duo Big & Rich as a special envoy for American landowners at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rich says his role is to serve as

Earning the title “Indiana Master Farmer” is a big deal for Hoosier farmers. Those honors were presented last week in West Lafayette. “Being an Indiana Master Farmer is such a humbling experience,” says Knox County farmer Susan

Purdue Extension will once again bring hands-on learning and agricultural education to the Indiana State Fair, offering fairgoers an opportunity to explore everything from livestock care and gardening to food science, financial wellness and emerging agricultural technologies

For family farmers battling razor-thin profit margins, rising input costs and stubbornly low commodity prices, even modest reductions in equipment and transportation expenses can make a meaningful difference. A new proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

A volatile mix of escalating geopolitical conflict in the Black Sea and unexpectedly lean domestic supply projections sent the grain markets surging Friday, as federal forecasters warned of historically tight grain stocks and a U.S. wheat crop

After nearly a year of uncertainty and disrupted trade, U.S. soybean farmers are seeing one of the strongest signs yet that their largest export customer is returning to the market. Fresh export sales to China, coupled with

Walk into the Winamac Town Park at the Pulaski County Fairgrounds during the third week of July, and the first thing that hits you isn’t the summer heat—it’s the unmistakable bouquet of vintage agriculture: the sweet aroma

Over the past month, cash grain markets have been moving against the seasonal trend. New research from Purdue University shows corn and soybean basis levels strengthened across much of the Eastern Corn Belt during June, when basis

For Indiana corn and soybean growers, timely disease information can make the difference between protecting yield potential and suffering costly losses. It’s that grower-focused commitment to applied research and Extension that has earned Purdue University plant pathologist