Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)
Biofuel Boom: POET to Expand Shelbyville Plant and Double Ethanol Production
The POET bioethanol facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. Photo courtesy of POET. POET has announced it will expand its bioprocessing plant in Shelbyville with plans to double that facility's bioethanol p...
Jan 07, 2026
Legacy, Leadership, and the Future: Ray Allison Prepares to Lead the Indiana State Fair into Its Next Chapter
The Indiana State Fair Commission will soon have a new Executive Director at the helm. "I started [at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and Event Center] as a 19-year-old college intern with no real conne...
Jan 06, 2026
Purdue’s Ag Economy Barometer Dips as Trade Uncertainty and Soybean Competition Intensify
Farmer sentiment weakened slightly in December as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index dropped just 3 points in December to a reading of 136. Weakness in the barometer was attrib...
Jan 06, 2026
Profitability this Year Will Require Difficult Decisions
As farmers enter another year of production trying to make it better than a breakeven operation, be sure to take a hard look at that cost of production. "Producers don’t have a lot of levers, bu...
Jan 06, 2026
UPDATE: Congressman Jim Baird Released from Hospital After Hit-and-Run Crash
Congressman Jim Baird after being released from the hospital on Tuesday evening. The 4th District Congressman from Indiana was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Tuesday morning. Photo courtesy of ...
Jan 06, 2026
Bacon at the Statehouse: A Breakfast Event Aims to Sizzle Farm Policy Talks with Indiana Lawmakers
Indiana’s corn and soybean producers representing the Indiana Corn Growers Association (ICGA) and Indiana Soybean Alliance Indiana Soybean Alliance Membership & Policy Committee (M&P) ru...
Jan 05, 2026
$132 an Acre for Rice, $30 for Soybeans? Farmers Question USDA Payment Rates
USDA released details about how much row crop farmers will receive this year from the Trump administration’s $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance program. However, U.S. soybean producers say the...
Jan 05, 2026
Gap Between Farm Costs and Prices Hits Ten-Year-High
U.S. farmers are facing one of the widest gaps between what they pay to produce food and what they earn from selling it. Investigate Midwest said it's the largest gap farmers have seen between income ...
Jan 05, 2026
Corn and Wheat Export Pace Ahead of Last Year
USDA says exports of corn and wheat remain well ahead of year-earlier levels, while soybeans lag behind last year's pace through the week of December 18. Corn exports from the start of the marketing y...
Jan 05, 2026
Presley Hampton from Jackson County Crowned Miss Indiana State Fair 2026
When the Indiana State Fair returns this summer, Presley Hampton, Miss Jackson County 2025, will be wearing the crown and sash as Miss Indiana State Fair 2026. Hampton was selected on Sunday among 83 ...
Jan 04, 2026
