Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee urge the U.S. Trade Representative to hold Canada accountable under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Senators Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, and John Boozman, an Arkansas Republican, say Canada is obligated by...
If you’ve been following grain market trends lately, you know the impact South American weather is having on futures prices. Argentina is in the midst of a three-year drought, with this year being the worst. Hoosier farmers with the Indiana Soybean Alliance are in...
The USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, which was released on Thursday, may have a lasting impact for the next several months on grain prices according to one market analyst. “The bottom line is we don’t have as much corn,...
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said the U.S. won’t back down or compromise on its stance against Mexico’s plan to ban imports of genetically modified yellow corn. Vilsack made those comments while speaking to reporters during the American Farm Bureau Federation annual...
If you’re an Indiana farmer, you may be deciding now what to plant and where this spring based off rising input costs and current commodity prices. That’s why one Purdue Ag Professor has some advice for you for 2023. “Right now, soybeans look more profitable than...
One year ago this week there was great concern among farmers about skyrocketing costs to plant a crop and keep machinery in top shape. Now as 2022 is coming to an end, the year has brought some change and even good profitability in many cases, but concerns persist....
Bunge says it plans to invest about $550 million to build a soy protein concentrate facility in Morristown, Indiana – which is in northeastern Shelby County. According to a press release, the new facility will be built next to the company's existing soybean...
Both of Indiana’s U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Mike Braun (R-IN) were among a bipartisan group of senators who sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expressing concern over Mexico’s...
Tar spot has been robbing Indiana’s corn growers of yield over the past several years. That’s why AgReliant Genetics – the makers of AgriGold and LG Seeds – recently held a “Tar Spot Summit” at their headquarters in Westfield to help tackle this issue. “Some...
$30,000 an acre! That’s how much was spent on farmland in Iowa earlier this month – breaking a previous record that had been set just a month before! “We've continued to see a strong bunch of sellers and a strong pool of buyers,” says Paul Schadegg, Senior Vice...
As the Hoosier Ag Today team reports from Kansas City at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention, one of the companies that is being featured at the convention is Taranis, which is based out of Westfield, Indiana. “Indiana really is a great place...
