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  • Rollins Urges Congress to Pass $11.1B Emergency Farm Aid as Input Costs and Market Strains Mount
    by C.J. Miller on July 22, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins addressed a tense Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, delivering a blunt assessment of the American farm economy: producers are weathering a “unique storm” of high input costs, soft commodity prices, and market

  • MPS Egg Farms Celebrates Grand Opening of the Strauss Feed Mill in Wabash County
    by C.J. Miller on July 22, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    For six generations, the Strauss family name has been synonymous with hard work, innovation, and deep roots in Wabash County agriculture. That legacy reached a monumental new chapter yesterday with the official grand opening of the brand-new

  • AFBF Report: Why It Now Costs Nearly $936 an Acre to Grow Corn in the US
    by C.J. Miller on July 22, 2026 at 10:10 pm

    The economic shockwaves radiating from a tense Middle East are quietly rewriting the math of American agriculture, driving up the cost of growing the nation’s food and raising fresh alarms in Washington over national and food security.

  • Groundbreaking Ag Tech: 12 Startups Selected for 2026 AgriNovus Indiana’s Velocity Accelerator
    by C.J. Miller on July 22, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    Hoosier agriculture is getting a heavy dose of high-tech firepower. AgriNovus Indiana has officially named the 12 startup companies selected for its newly restructured 2026 Velocity accelerator program—and if even a fraction of these technologies hit the

  • Navigating Tough Economic Times: INFB to Host Farm Business & Diversification Event
    by Eric Pfeiffer on July 22, 2026 at 12:49 am

    Registration is now open for Indiana Farm Bureau’s newest program, the Farm Business and Diversification Conference happening in September. “It’s to help farmers or those in agriculture through these tough economic times—to help with diversification and other

  • Retired Ag Teachers Establish ‘Indiana Teach Ag Fund’ to Support Current Ag Educators
    by C.J. Miller on July 21, 2026 at 9:15 pm

    Inside the bustling arena at the Indiana FFA State Convention, surrounded by a sea of students wearing blue corduroy jackets with gold lettering, Duane Huge moves with the quiet confidence of a man who spent nearly four

  • Trump Unleashes Historic 50% Tariffs on Canada—What It Means for Indiana Dairy Farmers and Consumers
    by C.J. Miller on July 21, 2026 at 9:10 pm

    In an unprecedented move that may escalate trade tensions across North America, President Trump signed three proclamations imposing a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, targeting products ranging from dairy products to wine

  • White House National Security Official Courtney Knupp Named CEO of United Soybean Board
    by C.J. Miller on July 21, 2026 at 9:05 pm

    In a major bid to navigate fraught global trade relations and hardening supply chain vulnerabilities, the United Soybean Board (USB) on Tuesday named Courtney Knupp—a top White House national security aide—as its next chief executive officer. Knupp,

  • ‘It Always Gives Back’: Lafayette 4-Her Shares Life Lessons Learned Through County Fair Projects
    by Eric Pfeiffer on July 21, 2026 at 12:51 am

      County fair season is well underway, and 4-Hers across Indiana are showing off their projects, and not just their livestock. 13-year-old Tippecanoe County 4-Her Audrey Spray stepped away from rinsing one of her family’s 11 pigs

  • Senate Farm Bill Faces Collapse After GOP Leadership Upheaval and SNAP Standoff
    by C.J. Miller on July 20, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    A convergence of partisan gridlock, procedural obstacles, and an sudden political vacuum in the Senate has all but shattered GOP hopes of passing a long-overdue farm bill before Congress adjourns for its August recess. With only two

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