The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will begin accepting orders Oct. 1 for their annual tree seedling sale.
Local Agriculture News
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.
In a typical year, I would be using this space to promote our upcoming annual Ag Outlook Breakfast, a program designed to help farmers interpret the latest market trends and prepare for harves…
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…
Conditions have been mostly favorable for crops throughout the growing season this year; however this also means that the setting is ripe for unwanted plant growth, meaning weeds are escaping …
ST. CHARLES, Ill. — Pioneering a new way to present a farm show wasn’t in the cards when Matt Jungmann started on work for the Farm Progress Show and Husker Harvest Days in 2020.
The annual Crops Field Day at ACRE (Agronomy Center for Research and Education) will be going virtual this year, providing farmers and agribusinesses an opportunity prior to harvest to hear fr…
WEST LAFAYETTE – With the global pandemic, many face-to-face workshops and field days have been canceled, but the business of agriculture goes on and so does Purdue University’s popular online…
Homeowners may be noticing the dreaded crabgrass weed taking hold in their lawns this time of year, and unfortunately this hard to kill weed may have won the battle this time around as the mos…
WEST LAFAYETTE — The Purdue Student Farm has started selling to the public.
The COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly be the defining economic event of 2020 and beyond, and has brought uncertainty to markets around the world.
WEST LAFAYETTE — Farmer sentiment was virtually unchanged in July in comparison to a month earlier, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
The following are results from the 2020 White County 4-H Fair, which was July 17-23. Results provided by Purdue Extension White County.
WEST LAFAYETTE — Six students from the Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia and their advisors have partnered with Purdue University researchers to raise awareness of the various threats facin…
National Agriculture News
William A. Brinker
Now that the Sept. 11 USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is history, the trade is turning its attention to the fall harvest.
"Why fall cover crops?” asks Dan Smith, southwest regional specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Department of Horticulture and with UW-Division of Extension.
OPINION Farmers are no strangers to crisis but this year the crises keep piling up. Most of us are immobilized in our homes and on our farms, dread-filled and agitated. Others go to work in novel conditions, often at risk of becoming sick. Our democracy is stagnant with a legislature that has largely failed to act in the interest of the people it’s supposed to serve. We’ve seen Midwesterners shot and killed in public and national uprisings to stop racial violence. The world is becoming hotter and more chaotic.
- The coalition, LEAP (Legislation, Education, Advocacy, and Production Systems), will focus on addressing the decades long issue of heirs' rights as well as improving the livelihoods of Black farmers.
- The coalition, LEAP (Legislation, Education, Advocacy, and Production Systems), will focus on addressing the decades long issue of heirs' rights as well as improving the livelihoods of Black farmers.
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2020 corn harvest is drawing near, and now is the time for growers to assess their pest control experience and make a plan for 2021. The Agrisure(®) traits portfolio offers high-performing rotational options to show pests something different.
Vertical farming – the practice of growing crops indoors in controlled conditions – is continuing to expand. Investors and entrepreneurs are excited about the potential of vertical farming to revolutionize the global food system. Plenty is a San Francisco-based start-up. It has raised $401 million in funding with backers such as SoftBank, Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Other U.S. start-ups AeroFarms and Bowery Farming have raised $238 million and $167.5 million, respectively.
LOS ÁNGELES — Al igual que muchos turistas que recorren Santa Mónica en scooters electrónicos todos los días, Elliot Stephenson, de 21 años, no tenía idea de que había una cerca alrededor del muelle hasta que se topó con ella. "Estaba bajando por la colina y se apagó", relató el desconcertado visitante de Nueva Zelanda mientras conducía su Lime recién alquilada hacia Ocean Avenue en un ...
El presidente de Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, ha revelado este lunes que el exdirector del Agencia de Investigacion Criminal, Tomas Zeron de Lucio, acusado de manipular pruebas sobre la desaparicion de 43 estudiantes de magisterio de Ayotzinapa en 2014, ha huido a Israel. Mexico ha informado ya al gobierno israeli de que Zeron tiene una orden de detencion en su contra, ha explicado ...
Ronald D. Hooker
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Data empowers farmers to make more informed decisions in their day-to-day lives. To help them further maximize profit potential through data-driven seed recommendations, Syngenta and NK® Seeds have launched the Cropwise(TM) Seed Selector.
Idaho ranked No. 1 among the 11 Western states in 2019 in farm income on a per capita basis.
Total net farm income in the United States is forecast to increase by 23 percent in 2020 despite a small decrease in total farm cash receipts.
Five finalists recently were selected for the 2020 Wisconsin Leopold Conservation Award.
