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  • Biofuel Boom: POET to Expand Shelbyville Plant and Double Ethanol Production
    by C.J. Miller on January 7, 2026 at 7:22 pm

    POET has announced it will expand its bioprocessing plant in Shelbyville with plans to double that facility’s bioethanol production by the end of 2027. The expansion will double POET – Shelbyville’s bioethanol production from 98 million gallons

  • UPDATE: Congressman Jim Baird Released from Hospital After Hit-and-Run Crash
    by C.J. Miller on January 7, 2026 at 1:20 am

    UPDATE ON JAN. 6 AT 7:30 P.M. Congressman Jim Baird is out of the hospital after being involved in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday morning. According to a social media post from Baird’s son Beau, the 4th District

  • Legacy, Leadership, and the Future: Ray Allison Prepares to Lead the Indiana State Fair into Its Next Chapter
    by C.J. Miller on January 7, 2026 at 1:15 am

     The Indiana State Fair Commission will soon have a new Executive Director at the helm. “I started [at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and Event Center] as a 19-year-old college intern with no real connection to the

  • Profitability this Year Will Require Difficult Decisions
    by Andy Eubank on January 7, 2026 at 1:10 am

    As farmers enter another year of production trying to make it better than a breakeven operation, be sure to take a hard look at that cost of production. “Producers don’t have a lot of levers, but they’ve

  • Purdue’s Ag Economy Barometer Dips as Trade Uncertainty and Soybean Competition Intensify
    by Hoosier Ag Today on January 7, 2026 at 1:05 am

     Farmer sentiment weakened slightly in December as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index dropped just 3 points in December to a reading of 136. Weakness in the barometer was attributable to a modest decline in producers’

  • Bacon at the Statehouse: A Breakfast Event Aims to Sizzle Farm Policy Talks with Indiana Lawmakers
    by C.J. Miller on January 6, 2026 at 1:20 am

    As the smell of freshly-cooked bacon fills the halls of the Indiana Statehouse, members of the Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership & Policy Committee (M&P) and the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) plan to entice lawmakers in the

  • $132 an Acre for Rice, $30 for Soybeans? Farmers Question USDA Payment Rates
    by NAFB News Service on January 6, 2026 at 1:15 am

    USDA released details about how much row crop farmers will receive this year from the Trump administration’s $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance program. However, U.S. soybean producers say the payments won’t help farmers hurt by low crop

  • Gap Between Farm Costs and Prices Hits Ten-Year-High
    by NAFB News Service on January 6, 2026 at 1:10 am

    U.S. farmers are facing one of the widest gaps between what they pay to produce food and what they earn from selling it. Investigate Midwest said it’s the largest gap farmers have seen between income and expenses

  • Corn and Wheat Export Pace Ahead of Last Year
    by NAFB News Service on January 6, 2026 at 1:05 am

    USDA says exports of corn and wheat remain well ahead of year-earlier levels, while soybeans lag behind last year’s pace through the week of December 18. Corn exports from the start of the marketing year on September

  • Presley Hampton from Jackson County Crowned Miss Indiana State Fair 2026
    by C.J. Miller on January 5, 2026 at 1:20 am

     When the Indiana State Fair returns this summer, Presley Hampton, Miss Jackson County 2025, will be wearing the crown and sash as Miss Indiana State Fair 2026. Hampton was selected on Sunday among 83 contestants each

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