Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)
Corn Yields are ‘All Over the Board’ in Northwestern Indiana
Even though we don't have an update from USDA on harvest progress because of the ongoing government shutdown, Marty Park, an agronomist with Gutwein Seed Services and a Channel Seed dealer based in Ja...
C.J. Miller Oct 15, 2025
Soy-Based Products Open New Markets for American Farmers
Across the country, researchers and manufacturers are turning soy into everything from car tires to tennis shoes, offering greener, renewable alternatives to petroleum-based products. United Soybean B...
Greg Allen Oct 15, 2025
Trump Threatens to End Chinese Cooking Oil Purchases
President Donald Trump injected fresh tensions into the relationship between China and the U.S. by stating that he might stop trade in cooking oil with the Southeast Asian nation. Bloomberg said the U...
NAFB News Service Oct 15, 2025
Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act Reintroduced in Congress
Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Rick Crawford (R-AR) have reintroduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act that will protect U.S. national security by prohibiting foreign adversaries from ...
NAFB News Service Oct 15, 2025
Protecting Next Year’s Yield Loss from Soybean Cyst Nematode
Even though it's harvest season, it's not too soon for soybean producers to start thinking about next year's crops and protecting them from the damaging effects of soybean cyst nematode (SCN). "I thin...
C.J. Miller Oct 14, 2025
National FFA Organization Receives $10 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc
Photo courtesy of Sienna Alexander. The National FFA Organization, which is headquartered in Indianapolis, says it has received a $10 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to expand its current effo...
Hoosier Ag Today Oct 14, 2025
Study: US Ag Exports Faltering from Trade Disputes, Rising Competition
Photo courtesy of Purdue Agricultural Communications. The U.S. has traditionally been an agricultural powerhouse with a healthy trade surplus. But global dynamics are changing as U.S. agricultural imp...
Hoosier Ag Today Oct 14, 2025
Purdue’s John Baugh Receives ‘Friend of Farmer’ Award from ICGA, ISA
John Baugh (center), Purdue University's Director of Agricultural Services and Regulations, was recently presented with the 2025 Friend of Farmer award by Brian Warpup (left), Chair of the Indiana Soy...
Indiana Soybean Alliance Oct 14, 2025
Indiana Farmers Provide Harvest Progress Update Since USDA Can’t
Harvest is moving along at a rapid pace across the Hoosier State. We don't have USDA reports to tell us that as the federal government remains shut down, so we had to go around the state to check in w...
Eric Pfeiffer Oct 13, 2025
Three New Bird Flu Detections in Northern Indiana, Over 16,000 Ducks Impacted
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health announced Monday evening that three additional detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were discovered in northern Indiana. A commercial meat du...
Eric Pfeiffer Oct 13, 2025






