Hoosier Ag Today

Youth who have just completed grades 3-12 are invited to attend a free crop and soil science workshop, titled “Experience 4-H: Crop and Soil Science,” on June 11 at Purdue University’s Crop Diagnostic Training and Research Center

  Corn and soybean planting is pretty well wrapped up in West Central Indiana. “I would say 99 percent planted and yeah, we’ve been all over the board. We have guys that are just finishing up planting

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) has announced the selection of Duane Simpson as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Simpson succeeds Chuck Conner, who has led the organization since 2009. Conner is a native

Alex Palou with Chip Ganassi Racing won the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 and celebrated in Victory Circle with an ice-cold glass bottle of milk presented by American Dairy Association Indiana. “I have to tell you,

Krishna Nemali, associate professor of horticulture and the controlled environment agriculture Extension specialist, shows workshop participants effective methods of growing crops hydroponically. (Photo provided) Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture will offer a one-day workshop about hydroponic

Purdue Extension will host a pasture ecology workshop June 18 at the Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center (SIPAC) in collaboration with the Indiana Forage Council and the Indiana Beef Cattle Association. The workshop will examine the complex

“Deeply troubling” and “misguided” are among the words that a number of major ag organizations are using to describe the newly-released report from the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission, which is led by Health and Human

Indiana’s planting progress has now reached the “fourth quarter” as 76 percent of the state’s corn and 71 percent of Indiana’s soybeans are now in the ground according to USDA. That compares to last week’s report, which

Planting progress is moving along in Indiana. USDA says 64% of our corn is in the ground and 59% of Hoosier soybeans are planted in their weekly report. Farmers around Indiana are hoping for different types of

You may be grilling out during Memorial Day weekend—or many weekends throughout this summer. But, be careful because the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says millions of us will get sick from outdoor grilling goofs. “I would