Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a nationwide initiative to help farmers adopt new technologies with greater confidence amid ongoing economic pressures. Announced by Undersecretary for ...

  Each year, a team of Purdue students put on Ag Week on the West Lafayette campus. It's an annual celebration of agriculture that brings together students and industry professionals to learn, ne...

U.S. corn farmers are growing increasingly concerned about fertilizer affordability and availability, with worries extending beyond the current planting season. That's according to new survey results ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun during the announcement of a 30-day suspension of the state’s sales tax on gasoline on April 8. Just days after Indiana drivers began paying higher taxes on gasoline, Gov...

The Main Lodge at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center near Trafalgar in Johnson County. Photo courtesy of Indiana FFA. The Indiana FFA Foundation is set to undertake a $1 million renovation of its Leade...

Photo courtesy of the University of Minnesota Extension. More than 50 state agricultural groups and eight national farm organizations are pressing federal trade officials to lift tariffs on imported p...

U.S. farmers grew modestly more optimistic in March, buoyed by stronger expectations for the future even as high costs and lingering uncertainty continue to weigh on the sector, according to the lates...

Matt Geiger, Agronomic Service Representative with Syngenta. Photo: C.J. Miller / Hoosier Ag Today. Corn and soybean growers know this all too well-if you lose the battle to broadleaf weeds early, you...

Farm country is getting some clarity on how major policy changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will roll out this season. USDA says the 30 million new base acres authorized under the legislation...

A five-year review of countervailing duties on phosphate imports from Morocco and Russia is underway. Fertilizer producers Mosaic and Simplot say they're in favor of keeping the duties in place. The t...