WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Corn and soybeans are doing much better than they were at this point last year, which was marked by a historically wet spring. Some farmers, especially in Indiana and Kansas, switched at the last minute from corn to soybeans to take advantage of a sudden turn in prices.

LEBANON, Ind. – Russell Hardin, who turned 100 years old July 30, grew up on a farm north of Knightstown, Ind. He had dreams of becoming a veterinarian but didn’t know how to make that happen during a time when family finances were extremely tight. Then the Army entered the picture, drafting him for service during World War II.

Columbus, Ohio –  No one was more disappointed when the 2020 Ohio State Fair was canceled than members of the Butter Cow Brigade, the legion of fans who flock to the Dairy Products Building each year to see what the American Dairy Association (ADA) Mideast staff and their crew of artists and sculptors created to celebrate Ohio’s dairy industry.

WOOSTER, Ohio – For produce buyers and auction managers at area produce auctions, flexibility is just part of the job.

While the COVID-19 virus started wreaking havoc across the country, farmers were in the final planning stages for the growing season, with their seed and other supplies on hand, seedbeds prepared and ready for planting, and vegetable and flower crops started undercover in anticipation of early markets. But with news that businesses and restaurants were closing to slow the spread of the disease, it left farmers concerned about the future of their markets and their income for the year.

LANSING, Mich. – State officials began accepting applications last week from farmers and agricultural processors for the Michigan Agricultural Safety Grant Program, made possible with federal CARES Act funding to the tune of $15 million.

LONDON, Ohio — For the first time in its 57-year history, the annual Farm Science Review (FSR), scheduled for Sept. 22-24, will not be held in its traditional setting. Instead, a virtual show will be implemented for this year’s show.