Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)

Vomitoxin, also also known as Deoxynivalenol (DON), is a common mycotoxin in corn produced by Fusarium fungi that causes Gibberella ear rot. Photo courtesy of Purdue Extension.   Now that harvest...

Mexico's National Health Service confirmed a new case of New World screwworm less than 70 miles from the border between Mexico and the U.S. USDA says this is the farthest north the screwworm has advan...

The USDA is terminating future Household Food Security Reports. The agency says the redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger. The study was initially cre...

A new report from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers highlights the growing impact of precision agriculture in the United States. This approach uses advanced tools like GPS-guided tractors, so...

The partisan fight over President Trump's tariffs spilled onto the House floor last week during debate over temporary government funding. Democrats slammed the GOP majority for refusing to consider ri...

An overwhelming majority of corn growers from across the United States say that the nation's farm economy is possibly already in a crisis or on the brink of one, according to a new survey released by ...

Tom Fritz with EFG Group in Chicago. Photo: Eric Pfeiffer / Hoosier Ag Today. A lack of fresh news-either positive or negative-is causing the grain markets to trade in a “sideways” pattern...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Richard Fordyce (left) as Under Secretary of Farm Production and Conservation, Dudley Hoskins (middle) as Under Secretary of Marketing and Regulatory Programs, an...

  After a very dry past several weeks we are going to be putting together a little bit more of a threat of precipitation as we kick off this first Harvest Weather Forecast presented by Beacon Cre...

Before Field Atlas ambassadors and students take their Agbioscience company tours, the students are introduced to Indiana ag leaders during the Field Atlas mentorship dinner. This gives students the o...