In this issue…
As many of you know, House Enrolled Act 1483 passed during the 2021 Indiana Legislative Session that may impact Indiana grain farmers. I want to provide a brief reminder about our Indiana Grain Indemnity Program, its laws, and discuss what farmers ne...
"Celebrating the Hoosier Spirit,” the 2021 Indiana State Fair theme, readily identifies with Indiana farmers and agriculture organizations who make it their daily priority to be innovative and forward-thinking.
The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA), in partnership with the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC), the Indiana Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and Truterra, LLC, the sustainability business of Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s largest farmer-...
This May was a big one for Purdue Extension’s agronomy department as Bob “The Corn King” Nielson began phasing out more of his Extension Corn Specialist duties and phasing more of his life into retirement. Enter Daniel Quinn.
Even though Purdue Extension’s “Corn King” Bob Nielson will hand his scepter down as he phases out of his Extension Corn Specialist position into 2022, many would agree that his contributions to Indiana’s corn industry could be described as p...
What is the probability of meeting your spouse in a college statistics class? Not very high, but for Paul and Jennie Hodgen the odds were in their favor.
"Sowing seeds and reaping a harvest.” This is the traditional view of farming, but there’s so much more that farmers do.
“Sometimes people think agriculture is sort of an old-fashioned business that doesn’t change much,” said Jim Sutter,...
As the potential ramps up for farmers to sell their conservation efforts into greenhouse gas emissions credit markets, the path to do so is littered with far more questions than answers.
Just as political administrations and power cycle in Washington, D.C., so do proposals for funding the services of federal government. As the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) Membership and Policy Committee and Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) t...
Effective March 6, 2017, U.S. EPA finalized federal rule changes for the certification and training of pesticide applicators. These changes, which apply to anyone who uses Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs), will require state pesticide regulatory agen...
Hello from our Decatur County farm near Greensburg, Ind.
County fairs, cutting hay, family get-togethers . . . I think we’re emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic into some familiar summer activities. People are eager, I think, to see each other f...
Hello from rural Clinton County! This growing season has been an interesting one. We had snow in May after some crops were planted, and in recent weeks we’ve had a little too much rain. Still, the corn crop in Indiana appears to be progressing well...