Hoosier Ag Today

  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

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

In a rare show of bipartisan alignment on rural infrastructure, Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) have introduced legislation aimed at expanding high-speed internet access across agricultural heartlands by untangling small telecommunications companies from costly

As livestock producers navigate the tightest national cattle inventory in decades, USDA is deploying a massive half-a-billion-dollar backstop to keep the nation’s independent meatpacking sector from crumbling under the pressure. The newly unveiled Strengthening Processing for U.S.

For the past four months, Indiana drivers have operated in an economic anomaly. While international conflict and blockaded supply lines sent energy costs soaring across the United States, gas stations across the Hoosier State showcased prices that

Mid-July in the Indiana is traditionally a time of anxious waiting as row crops enter their critical reproductive stages. This year, the stakes feel even higher for Hoosier producers, who are managing a highly variable crop that

There is a distinct, comforting rhythm to a mid-summer Saturday morning in Indiana. Long before the July sun fully burns away the low-hanging dew from the cornfields, tailgate hinges are creaking open in town squares and parking

Purdue Extension, Purdue Pesticide Programs, and the Office of the Indiana State Chemist are working together to help Indiana pesticide applicators use crop protection products safely, effectively, and responsibly. “We regulate feed, seed, fertilizer, pesticides, hemp and

Great businesses are rarely built overnight, but they are often built with a generous dash of family legacy, entrepreneurial grit, and a very closely guarded recipe. For Luke Schilling, a 2025 graduate of Eastern Hancock High School

In a high-stakes legal battle between two of the world’s largest crop protection giants, Syngenta has filed a federal patent infringement lawsuit against German chemical company BASF. The dispute, centered on a critical chemical formulation used to