Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)
Big Returns Coming Back to the Farm from Soy Checkoff
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...
Aug 21, 2025
Indiana Farmland Prices Increase Despite Pressure
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...
Aug 21, 2025
US, European Union Issue Joint Statement on Trade Framework
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....
Aug 21, 2025
Eliminating Property Taxes Among Policy Goals for Indiana Farm Bureau’s Delegates
From left to right: Janis Highley, INFB 2nd Vice President; Randy Kron, INFB President; Kendell Culp, INFB Vice President. Photo: Andy Eubank / Hoosier Ag Today. Property taxes, renewable energy proje...
Aug 21, 2025
Good West Central Indiana Crops May Not Hit USDA Estimates
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 Rigg...
Aug 20, 2025
Indiana Distillery Earns Prestigious Honor During Heartland Whiskey Competition
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 ...
Aug 20, 2025
ASA President: Soybean Farmers ‘Can’t Survive’ Another China Trade War
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, preside...
Aug 20, 2025
Premier Companies and Superior Ag Exploring Possible Merger
Graphic provided by Premier Companies and Superior Ag. Seymour-based Premier Companies and Huntingburg-based Superior Ag have announced that they are exploring the possibility of a merger. The two far...
Aug 19, 2025
The Role Purdue Extension Plays in Strengthening Indiana’s Communities
Dr. Michael Wilcox (left), Assistant Director and Program Leader for Community Development with Purdue Extension, chats with Hoosier Ag Today’s C.J. Miller (right) on the ‘Your Community&#...
Aug 19, 2025
Rollins Blocks Taxpayer Dollars for Solar Panels on Prime Farmland
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. Photo courtesy of USDA. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA will no longer fund taxpayer dollars for solar panels on prod...
Aug 19, 2025
