WEST LAFAYETTE — Despite changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, a Purdue University-affiliated agbioscience startup focused on research-grade sensing data for agriculture is growing as it ta…
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WEST LAFAYETTE — From funding habitat acquisition and restoration to keeping an excess of deer off the roads, where they may cause fatal accidents, regulated hunting plays a critical role in w…
WEST LAFAYETTE — Farmer sentiment hit a post pandemic high in September, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The index rose to a reading of 156, up 12 points fro…
WEST LAFAYETTE —Despite rapid growth in consumer demand for organic products that outpaces domestic supply, certified organic land accounts for less than 2% of U.S. farmland and even less in Indiana.
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WEST LAFAYETTE — In April 2020, Purdue University’s International Programs in Agriculture and Purdue Cooperative Extension announced the USAID John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer…
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WEST LAFAYETTE — In April 2020, Purdue University’s International Programs in Agriculture and Purdue Cooperative Extension announced the USAID John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer…
WEST LAFAYETTE — There was a big improvement in farmer sentiment in August, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Inari Agriculture, a biotechnology company developing next-generation seeds, has secured $145 million since its founding less than four years ago and is expanding its operatio…
WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture will host a free 2020 Fall Crop Outlook webinar at 3:30 p.m. EDT, Friday (Sept. 11).
National Agriculture News
A Shoshone dairy and its owner have agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor after it allowed manure to get into a canal during 2017's record floods.
ST. LOUIS — Commodity Classic has announced it will transition its annual conference and trade show, originally scheduled for March 4-6, 2021, in San Antonio, Texas, to an alternative digital format. The change was necessary due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Application-zone update proposed
Shirt sales support food banks, dairy industry
Bryce Irlbeck grows oats. That makes him different from most Iowa farmers.
WHITEWATER, Wis. – When dairy farmers were forced to dump milk in spring 2020 due to COVID-19 and the subsequent shutdown of food-service markets, many people wanted to support the farmers – rural and urban residents alike. One way people showed their concern was by purchasing “Support Wisconsin Dairy” signs, says Elizabeth Katzman, 17, vice-president of the Whitewater FFA and daughter of dairy farmers Wes and Katy Katzman.
Many organizations earn the majority of their funding from one or two major fundraising events during the year — a dinner, booth at a county or state fair or an auction. This year, with so many events canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations are left scrambling.
The Environmental Protection Agency approved two new five-year registrations on dicamba products and extended the registration of another Oct. 27.
BROOKLET, Ga. — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Oct. 27 that EPA is approving new five-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product.
NEW GLARUS, Wis. – Lori Stern walks the talk so she’s well-suited to serve as the new executive director of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, says David Perkins, president of the organization’s board.
As the election looms, many analysts are curious who the United States will select as its leader for the next four years and how that might affect markets moving forward.
Last week’s USDA Cattle on Feed report indicated heifer numbers in the nation’s feedlots were steady compared Jan. 1 levels.
BAYFIELD, Wis. – Recall from science class that a piece of iron is attracted to a magnet. But magnetism is only one irresistible force in nature. Drive Betzold Road in the Fruit Loop near Bayfield to experience a different one.
DELAVAN, Wis. – Several months into the pandemic a number of small Wisconsin farms continue to shift customer focus to keep from shutting their doors. Instead of supplying restaurants and larger retailers, some operations are primarily selling products directly to consumers.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources continues to help boost fish populations through stocking. All remaining 2020 stocking quotas for Lake Michigan are being fulfilled, according to the agency.
