In this issue…
The B20 Club of Indiana is excited to welcome two new fleets – the Muncie Indiana Transit System and Ozinga – to its exceptional lineup of members dedicated to promoting cleaner air and a lower carbon footprint through the use of B20 biodiesel fu...
When it comes to spectator sports, not many events can match the vibrant colors, the unique sounds and the raw power of auto racing. All of that and more was on display at the Shift S3ctor Indy Airstrip Attack at the Marion Municipal Airport on Aug. ...
The Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) hosted its annual High Octane Fuel Summit in Indianapolis on Sept. 16. The Summit is designed to tout the benefits of higher blends of ethanol fuel to fueling station retailers and similar stakeholders. Mor...
The last 18 months have taught us how important staying connected to friends, family, work and social aspects of our lives. Access to high-speed, reliable internet was once considered a luxury, but is now essential for Hoosiers to live, work, play, s...
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced a new round of research grants to help farmers manage aflatoxin issues. Letters of intent from principal investigators, co-principal investigators, and collaborators--not exceeding the $75,000 pe...
Four Indiana farmers are eligible to take part in a longstanding program developed to build tomorrow’s leaders in American agriculture. The American Soybean Association (ASA) and Corteva Agriscience are seeking applicants, including four from India...
Leaders from the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership & Policy Committee (M&P) attended a Farm Bill Listening Session on Aug. 18 to discuss priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill. The session was hosted by Re...
A priority bill for both the Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership and Policy Committee (M&P) and the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) during this year’s session of the General Assembly at the Indiana Statehouse addressed the recent failure of...
The Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and the Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership & Policy Committee (M&P) presented its Friend of Farmer Award to State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg, Ind.) during the Indiana Ag Policy Summit on July 27 at the...
American Soybean Association (ASA) board member Joe Steinkamp, a farmer from Evansville, Ind., presented the 2021-22 Soy Scholarship award, sponsored by BASF and ASA, to Sydney Hefty. The scholarship is a $5,000 award presented to a high school senio...
At the July 27 Ag Policy Summit, presented by the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership and Policy Committee (M&P), carbon credit markets and the complexities associated with understanding them was a hot topi...
Dedication. Advocacy. Leader. These are all great adjectives to describe Indiana Soybean Alliance board member David Rodibaugh. After nine years of diligently serving Hoosier farmers and consumers, he will hang up his hat when his last term ends in J...
West African food and feed company CEO Samuel Ntim-Adu praises his 2016 and 2018 trips to Indiana with ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH). Time spent with Indiana soybean growers and at Purdue University strengthened his commitm...
Soybeans are the preferred protein replacement in aquaculture – the fastest growing protein sector. SAA is dedicated to expanding the use of U.S.-grown soybeans in domestic aquaculture diets by supporting research that pushes forward the conversati...
More than 80 buyers from across Latin America met on Sept. 13-14 in Guadalajara, Mexico for the Americas Agricultural Cooperators Conference hosted by the U.S. Soy Export Council (USSEC). These farm product buyers came to hear U.S. farmer leaders tal...
In late August, the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and Foreign Agricultural Service published its 2022 Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, headlined by the speculation that U.S. ag exports in fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 20...
Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) and Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) farmer-leaders often point out it’s not just direct sales of those two crops that “move the pile” – it’s also derived products such as oil and biofuel and value-added ...
After a uniquely challenging year and a half, the recent U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange & Specialty Grains Conference provided a much different and much-welcomed point of view.
Hoosier farmers continue to be a solid pillar of our economy. Indiana corn and soybean producers work tirelessly to feed and fuel our communities while being important stewards of our state’s rich natural resources.
Since assuming office, President Joe Biden has made it clear that his top domestic priority – after combating the COVID-19 pandemic – would be massive new investments in infrastructure. This is reflected in two plans released by the White House i...
Greetings from Decatur County, I hope everyone is gearing up for a safe and productive harvest season. I’d say we’re within a few days from getting the combine rolling. Weather permitting, we’d like to get as much done as early as possible.
The Next Generation Fuels Act (H.R. 5089) was recently reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. It has been a long process with input from farmers, ethanol producers, automakers, members of Congress and other stakeholders, but corn growers ...
We’ve started running some soybeans, and some of my neighbors are running corn. Thanks to all the heat and dry, dry weather, harvest came early this year for many of us. I don’t need to tell you that harvest is a busy time. Harvest is when you se...
Burgeoning carbon credit markets, research on new trends in agriculture, and the three-legged stool of economic, social and environmental sustainability were the key topics at the Ag Policy Summit on July 27 at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Dan...
Four Indiana farmers are eligible to take part in a long-standing program developed to build tomorrow’s leaders in American agriculture. The American Soybean Association (ASA) and Corteva Agriscience are seeking applicants, including four from Indi...