A controversial wind farm may be coming to Henry and Rush counties – and with it, the potential for $300 million to enter the local economies. The issue has split neighbors and farm communities right down the middle.
Despite sharp increase, soybeans remain short of market expectations
Just looking at the USDA’s annual June Grain Stocks and Acreage reports last week might have led some to believe the futures market would stay still or drop – there are a record 85.1 million acres of soybeans estimated planted and stocks of soy, corn and wheat are all up sharply from June 2014.
Building relationships overseas will build trade opportunities; and that, said Indiana’s agriculture officials last week, will open new markets for Hoosier farm products.
Pence tours flooded fields in Indiana to assess losses
For three weeks, Steve Plank watched 17 inches of rain flood his tomatoes, corn and soybeans in rural Cass County. By his estimation, his tomato crop is a total disaster, corn is stunted and beans are half the size they should be.
Four Ohio farm contractors charged in slave-labor ring
Four farm contractors have been charged in a 15-count federal indictment for operating a slave-labor ring using young immigrant teenagers who were forced to clean chicken coops that housed 10 million chickens on nine central Ohio egg farms.
Indiana BOAH to consider proposed avian health rule
The Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) will have its third quarterly meeting of 2015 on July 9 at 9:30 a.m. And it’s no surprise issues surrounding the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) headline the agenda.
