Hoosier Ag Today

As farmers prepare for spring planting, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency has finalized crop insurance prices for the 2026 growing season. The new projected prices show only modest changes from what producers saw in

UPDATED MARCH 5: The House Agriculture Committee passed Farm Bill 2.0 in the early morning hours on Thursday, but not without a debate that caused the markup process to last more than 20 hours over several days.

Syngenta announced it will stop producing the herbicide paraquat by the end of June, citing mounting pressure from generic manufacturers that have steadily chipped away at the company’s ability to compete in the market. Despite its long

As farmers grapple with tight profit margins and stubbornly high input costs, Farm Credit Mid-America said it will return $280 million to eligible customer-owners this month through its annual patronage program — a move the cooperative says

The now closed Strait of Hormuz (hor-MOOZ) moves about 20 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products daily, totaling about 20 percent of global demand. DTN reports that fertilizer exports also move through the Strait, including

“Eye opening.” “Perspective changing.” “Trip of a Lifetime.” These were just some of the descriptions Indiana Ag Leadership Program Class 21 members had as we returned home from our 2-week international journey through Ghana and Kenya Sunday.

Indianapolis is still set to land one of USDA’s five new regional hubs — and the timeline is right on track. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told Hoosier Ag Today that the move is going forward

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., the nation’s largest egg producer, has announced it will acquire the shell egg, egg products and prepared foods assets of Creighton Brothers LLC, including Crystal Lake LLC, for approximately $128.5 million. The deal, which

Farmer confidence ticked up modestly in February, helped by a more favorable view of current conditions even as worries about the year ahead deepened, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The closely watched

The Environmental Protection Agency has tightened restrictions on certain herbicides, putting the spotlight on the controversial weed killer dicamba. The EPA has finalized a time-limited registration that allows dicamba to be sprayed over dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton