Indiana House committee kills tougher state CAFO regulations
Legislation calling for tougher restrictions on so-called factory farms in Indiana has been resoundingly defeated. The state House Committee on Environmental Affairs on Feb. 13 decided not to advance the measure, by a vote of 9-3.
Nationally-known economist weighs in on prices and trade
There were five industry leaders speaking to several hundred people who attended the Harvest Land Winter Innovation Forum Feb. 20 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Richmond.
Pritzker team: Illinois’ ag industry without set goals
Illinois’ agricultural industry is currently “without a road map” and in need of steering from the newly installed administration of Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Ohio conference targeting women in agricultural jobs
There are an estimated 31,000 female primary and secondary farm operators in Ohio. Against this backdrop, The Ohio State University extension will host its sixth annual East Ohio Women in Agriculture Conference, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. March 22 at the R.G. Drage Career Technical Center in Massillon.
An old Midwest adage muses that if you don’t like the weather here, just wait a minute. But in a season of weather extremes, the old saw has never been sharper or more appropriate than during the late fall and winter of 2018-19 across the Corn Belt.
