In this issue…
Central Indiana accumulated 1.2 inches of rain in the month of June, which was 73 percent below the 30-year average for June. In addition, several days were observed with max air temperatures above 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, as high temperatur...
Hello, my name is Julia Wickard, and I am blessed and honored to be serving as the State Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Indiana Farm Service Agency. I served in this role from August 2009 to January 2017 and have bee...
Shortly after Gary Lamie’s death in 2013, the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) remembered the Tippecanoe County farmer’s contributions by naming a Purdue University scholarship after him.
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 solutions business and subsidiary of Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of Am...
Join the Bean Team and help tell the story of Indiana agriculture at the Indiana State Fair. The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) is seeking volunteers to work in the Glass Barn during the Indiana State Fair, July 29 through Aug. 21. The Glass Barn is ...
Do you have natural resource concerns on your land that are hindering your ability to maximize yields or making it difficult to efficiently use all the land available to you? Are you dealing with flooding on areas of your property? Is soil eroding of...
Since 2005, the Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) has been making transportation in Muncie, Ind., a little greener by fueling up their fleet of public transit buses with cleaner, greener biodiesel.
U.S. Grains Council (USGC) delegates elected Josh Miller, a farmer from Anderson, Ind., and representing the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC), as chairman of its Board of Directors during its 62nd Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in Sacramento,...
Domestic, or home-grown, sources of fuel are critical when prices at the gas pump are rapidly rising. The more fuel that can be developed in our own country, the lower those prices will go. No fuel is more “homegrown” than the ethanol that is gro...
Despite pressure from the weather, pests and other challenges, Indiana soybean growers do an excellent job of producing a crop. According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Hoosier farmers plant more than 5.6 million acres of s...
Four incumbents and four newcomers earned election to the Indiana Soybean Alliance Board of Directors in July. The election results were certified on July 19 with two new board members each filling the seats in Districts 2 and 3, and incumbent board ...
Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) Board Director J.R. Roesner, a farmer from Ferdinand, Ind., was elected on July 14 to the National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) National Corn Board during this year’s Corn Congress in Washington, D.C. Ro...
Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) President Scott Smith was elected to a second term on the policy organization’s board of directors while Joe Tuholski and J.R. Roesner were first-time winners.
Indiana State Representative, agriculture advocate and farmer Don Lehe will retire from his duties as Indiana House District 25 representative, or as he puts it, “I’m just going to quit one of my jobs.”
Lehe has served the state for 20 years...
The Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership and Policy Committee (M&P) and the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) presented its Friend of Farmer award to Rep. Don Lehe (R-Brookston, Ind.), who is retiring from service in Indiana’s General Assembly...
Global trade concerns and the 2023 Farm Bill were the highlights from the Ag Policy Summit on July 21 at the CRG Events Center in Plainfield, Ind. The Summit is an annual policy-focused program presented by the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA)...
The sun is shining, the soy is growing and the American Soybean Association and its grower-leaders have hit the ground running in Washington D.C. and across soy states to advocate before Congress takes its summer recess.
Three candidates are seeking the two available at-large seats on the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) Board of Directors during this summer’s election. Noblesville, Ind., farmer Adam Sheller along with incumbent directors Joshua Miller of Ande...
I have spent close to 20 years living and working in our nation’s Capital, and I have never seen the number of unprecedented events here that we’ve seen over the last year.
From the war in Ukraine to Roe v. Wade to inflation, leaders in this c...
There are few things more frustrating than not finding the tool you’re looking for when you need it. When you’ve got a job to do, the right tool helps you do the job correctly.
On the farm, we require many tools. One of the most important is w...
It’s great to be back home in Indiana – and even better – I’m watching it rain outside my window. As farmers, we know from experience that there are things we can control and other things that we can’t control. Obviously, we can’t make it...