Hoosier Ag Today

A linchpin of the farm safety net, crop insurance, is now getting a makeover thanks to the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Increased premium supports, expanded coverage options, and, for beginning farmers and ranchers, extra

Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois will feature a lot of talk about this year’s crops and inputs and equipment as farmers plan for next year. Channel Seed Pro Levi Riggs of Riggs Ag Solutions has those

The U.S. and the European Union announced that they’ve agreed on a Framework of an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. Among the key terms, the EU intends to eliminate tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods

Indiana farmland prices have continued the trend of record highs in 2025 according to the Purdue University Farmland Value and Cash Rents Survey. The survey found the average price of top-quality land reached $14,826 per acre, a

For every dollar invested in the soybean checkoff, big returns are coming back to the farm! “We just finished up a study recently,” explains Susan Watkins, a soybean farmer from Virginia and secretary for the United Soybean

“I don’t think in your farming career, you’ll maybe see a better period for getting great value on late model used equipment than right now.” That’s the prediction from Greg Peterson. You might know him better as

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA will no longer fund taxpayer dollars for solar panels on productive farmland or allow solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be used in USDA projects. Subsidized

The American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) has announced the recipients of the Farmer-Distiller program of the 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition. Starlight Distillery in Borden, Ind., claimed the prestigious Top Farmer-Distiller award – the competition’s most challenging honor,

In west central Indiana, corn and soybean crops are in very good shape overall but will they match what USDA has projected? In a Channel Seed growing season update, Channel Seed Pro Levi Riggs of Riggs Ag

Industry reports say America’s soybean farmers are nearing a financial cliff and won’t survive another drawn-out trade war with China, one of the world’s biggest soybean buyers. Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, sent a