Hoosier Ag Today

For every dollar invested in the soybean checkoff, big returns are coming back to the farm! “We just finished up a study recently,” explains Susan Watkins, a soybean farmer from Virginia and secretary for the United Soybean

Indiana farmland prices have continued the trend of record highs in 2025 according to the Purdue University Farmland Value and Cash Rents Survey. The survey found the average price of top-quality land reached $14,826 per acre, a

The U.S. and the European Union announced that they’ve agreed on a Framework of an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade. Among the key terms, the EU intends to eliminate tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods

Property taxes, renewable energy projects, and addressing the unauthorized use of drones over Indiana’s farms and ag businesses were among the key issues that were brought up during Indiana Farm Bureau’s recent delegate session. “What’s happened with

The American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) has announced the recipients of the Farmer-Distiller program of the 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition. Starlight Distillery in Borden, Ind., claimed the prestigious Top Farmer-Distiller award – the competition’s most challenging honor,

Industry reports say America’s soybean farmers are nearing a financial cliff and won’t survive another drawn-out trade war with China, one of the world’s biggest soybean buyers. Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, sent a

In west central Indiana, corn and soybean crops are in very good shape overall but will they match what USDA has projected? In a Channel Seed growing season update, Channel Seed Pro Levi Riggs of Riggs Ag

Seymour-based Premier Companies and Huntingburg-based Superior Ag have announced that they are exploring the possibility of a merger. The two farmer-owned ag cooperatives say that such a move has been approved by their respective boards of directors.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA will no longer fund taxpayer dollars for solar panels on productive farmland or allow solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be used in USDA projects. Subsidized