In this issue…
Thousands of Hoosiers participated in The Tenderloin Lovers Trail promotion this past October. The statewide competition conducted in conjunction with Indiana Soybean Alliance, Indiana Pork and the Indiana Foodways Alliance resulted in participating ...
Oaktown, Ind., farmer Craig Williams, a director on the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) board, and Purdue agricultural economist Ahmad Zia Wahdat joined the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) in December ...
Known as “Africa’s boom town,” Lagos, Nigeria, is forecast to become the world’s largest city by 2100. With a population of 15.3 million people, the city has a remarkable trend of population growth and urbanization, but it lacks the infrastru...
The announcement of unlikely partnerships, such as Loves and Cargill, Marathon Petroleum and ADM and Chevron and Bunge, have appeared on front pages of newspapers across the United States.
A delegation from the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) and the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) completed a successful trade mission to Colombia in late January that spanned three cities in five days. According to ISA Chairman Jim Douglas, having ...
In partnership with the U.S. Soybean Export Council (US- SEC), the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC) Southeast Asia and Oceania office hosted its fourth annual Agricultural Supply Chain Asia conference on Jan. 18-19. With Ambassador Gregg Doud, former c...
After living all over the world and experiencing many different cultures, views and policies, Josh Miller and his wife, Jennifer, knew their priorities were on the family farm in Anderson, Ind.
With 19 months until the 2018 federal farm bill expires, one legislator acknowledged the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is getting a late start on the discussion process. “This farm bill we’re in, we’re way behind on hearings,” noted Rep. G...
Ethanol was the topic of conversation at the Jan. 26 Rural Caucus meeting at the Indiana Statehouse. Indiana Corn Growers Association member J.R. Roesner, a farmer from Ferdinand, Ind., and Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) Director of Biofuels H...
As you drive from town to town in Indiana, it is nearly impossible to avoid driving by a farm. In fact, more than half of Indiana’s total land area is made up of farms, and our agriculture industry is responsible for employing more than 180,000 Hoo...
January was a mixed bag of policies and announcements from the Environmental Protection Agency. While EPA offered somewhat encouraging news regarding Enlist and Enlist Duo, the announcement that the agency was extending the 2019 Renewable Fuel Standa...
In late 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law. The new legislation invests in our roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, electric grid, and other infrastructure needed to ensure the efficient move...
When people ask what worries me most about the political divisions in Congress, I tell them that one of my biggest concerns is the Senate eliminating the filibuster.
That’s not only because it would do away with an important tool that encourages...
As it was for those who tilled the soil and raised the livestock for decades before us, it’s our job to lay the groundwork for the next generation of farmers to be successful. We cannot always choose the easy path for them, but we can help make tha...
Hello from Triple S Smith Farms in Windfall, Ind., on a cold and windy February day. I am the newly elected president of the Indiana Corn Growers Association, and I have big shoes to fill. I have watched closely as Mike Beard led our organization for...
The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) seeks farmer leaders to join its 24-member board responsible for investing Indiana’s soybean checkoff funds each year in programs that develop new markets for Indiana soybeans, create value to the state’s soybea...
Three new farmers were elected to the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) board of directors while five soybean growers were re-elected during 2021. New to the board are Allen Buchanan of Fowler, Ind., Brian Warpup of Warren, Ind., and Dylan Christopher o...
The Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership and Policy Committee (M&P) touted several bills that would benefit Indiana farmers to state lawmakers on Wednesday morning during the annual Bacon Bar and Brunch ...
Want to help advocate for Indiana’s ethanol industry? Want to protect farmers’ rights from government regulations? Then consider running for the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) Board of Directors.
Two farmers, Sarah Delbecq of Auburn, Ind., and Mike Flock of Ramsey, Ind., have been re-elected to the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) board, while a third farmer, Chris Cherry of New Palestine, Ind., earned his first election victory in 202...
Catalyxx, Inc. was selected as one of the winners of the 2022 Research Grant Program through the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC).