In this issue…
Hoosier farmers interested in directing Indiana’s corn checkoff investments may now petition to run for one of the five seats up for election. ICMC manages the corn checkoff investments with the goal of supporting and growing Indiana’s corn indus...
Stress . . . It can get the best of everyone. Mountains of bills, poor health, job loss, and recently the pandemic and isolation, have greatly impacted the world. For farmers, add worrying about the weather, market prices, livestock health and making...
For the first time in its history, this year’s Commodity Classic, March 2-5, was a virtual-only event due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions. The online conference remained popular with farmers from across the country. Nearly 6,000 people from 49 s...
Most Indiana farmers understand that managing water resources is essential to producing a good crop and sustaining the environment. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) provides farmers with information to help with floodplain and water ...
For many drivers, roads and bridges aren’t noticed until they’re in need of repair. Indiana farmers know that good, reliable roads and bridges provide the access they need to get their harvested crops from their farms to the world around them.
Projected 2020-21 marketing year ending stocks of both U.S. corn and soybeans are down sharply from recent years thanks to a variety of factors, including recovery from COVID-19 impacts, more exports – particularly to China – and increased ethano...
J.R. Roesner said his background is unconventional. Upon his Purdue University graduation in 2000, with a degree in mechanical engineering in hand, Roesner was on the way to accept his first job when his dad called and asked him to come back to the f...
In Mid-May, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) will host a special session of the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference (CUTC) focused on funding for research, development and commercialization of new uses for corn. This special sessio...
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) recently launched Consider Corn Challenge III, an open-innovation contest seeking participants to submit proposals for new uses of field corn as a feedstock for producing sustainable chemicals and products...
Despite the country coming to a rolling stop last year right before planting season, a certain two graduate students were still working hard, walking the fields and sifting through data for corn-production gold. Purdue graduate students Garrett Verha...
Nine years ago, the United States and Colombia signed the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, which immediately removed tariffs on about 80 percent of agricultural and other U.S. exports and scheduled removal of others over 10 years.
The true north of U.S. checkoff groups’ efforts to cultivate fresh customers and expand sales to established ones around the world might be, in the words of Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) board director David Ring, “You’re always fightin...
Members of Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) and Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) wrapped up the spring advocacy push before #Plant21 was in full swing. On Tuesday, April 6, farmers in northern Indiana were joined by members of the Indiana Dairy ...
Under SB 303, passed by the Indiana Senate and House, fuel retailers would be required to display an additional state-required warning label on pumps that dispense E15, which is a fuel blend of 15 percent ethanol with 85 percent gasoline.
I co-founded the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus because I believe that if those of us with experience in agriculture who have lived conservation in the real world aren’t part of the conversation on addressing environmental concerns, then we’ll a...
The 2020 elections brought a wave of dramatic change across the entire political landscape. While changes to who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, or which party controls the U.S. Senate will leave a measurable impact on the future of our nation, ...
Hello again from our farm near Frankfort. We are excited about putting another crop in the ground this spring. For those of us who’ve done it more than once, there’s something familiar about this time of year. The things we see and feel remind us...
Hello everyone! How about this unpredictable Indiana weather we are having? I think here this past week we have had all 4 seasons in one week. But the best thing about Indiana is that if you don’t like the weather it will probably change in the nex...