Author: Kevin

On a warm evening inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse, a group of international soybean buyers sampled food cooked in high-oleic soybean oil while watching the Indiana Fever play before a packed crowd. Earlier that same week, many of them

Winter wheat is looking good across Indiana, especially if you compare it to the rest of the country. “Wheat this year has been ahead of schedule,” explains Purdue Extension Small Grains Specialist Shaun Casteel. “We have had

As Congress begins debating a sweeping new transportation package that could shape U.S. infrastructure policy for years to come, farm groups are pressing lawmakers to embrace a long-sought change they say would lower costs for farmers, reduce

As the Trump administration moves to rewrite North America’s trade rules and deepen its confrontation with China, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is signaling that tariffs are no longer a temporary negotiating tactic but a permanent feature

As volatile commodity markets and rising input costs continue to squeeze profit margins across rural America, soybean growers are increasingly looking for ways to do more with fewer trips across the field. Agronomists say one of the

The state of Indiana is getting a new charter school focused on agriculture and technology education. The bad news:  The Southwest Parke Community School board voted to shut down Montezuma Elementary as a cost-saving measure due to

For 35 years, a little-known federal program rooted in the farm fields of the Midwest has quietly helped thousands of Americans defy one of agriculture’s harshest realities: injury. Now, that effort is drawing national recognition. The U.S.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is moving to shine a brighter light on one of agriculture’s most persistent — and often unspoken — challenges: mental health. U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) have introduced

Agbioscience careers are getting a closer look from Indiana college students thanks to a program from AgriNovus Indiana called Field Atlas. The career exploration platform is designed to connect students with real-world opportunities in Indiana’s growing agbioscience