Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)

We have a major weather event coming through this weekend that will change the recent weather pattern. In his Harvest Weather Forecast, presented each week by Beacon Credit Union, HAT Chief Meteorolog...

High premiums on Brazilian cargoes are discouraging soybean buyers in China, which means the country has yet to secure much of its needed soybean supply for December and January. The development could...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...