WHITE PIGEON, Mich. – A broiler farm is making history for being the first producer of chickens for meat in Michigan to run on energy from the sun.

The achievement was made possible with financial help from USDA. Stutzman Poultry Farms in White Pigeon in July flipped the power switch to the 425,000 kilowatts of energy being produced annually from the 870 recently installed solar panels.

FISHERS, Ind. – A new taxpayer-operated park and working farm raising things like sweet corn, cows and chickens is illustrating how food is produced and feeding the public.

A ribbon cutting was held Aug. 6 at the Fishers AgriPark, a 33-acre urban farm that might be the first of its kind in the nation

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – As the soybean industry – and agriculture in general – deals with export concerns and the impact of COVID-19, officials with the American Soybean Association (ASA) decided the time was right to add an economist to their team. This is the first time in years the organization has had someone in that role.

Scott Gerlt, who grew up on his family’s multi-generation farm near Latham, Mo., began his new job in July.

CAMDEN, Ind. – The American Soybean Association (ASA) will celebrate its 100th anniversary next month at the Indiana farm where the organization was founded.

Originally called the National Soybean Growers’ Association, the group was started by Taylor, Noah and Finis Fouts, brothers who farmed in Camden. It became the ASA in 1925.