Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)

Lenny Farlee, Purdue Extension Forester, gives a presentation during the 2024 IFWOA annual conference. Photo courtesy of the Indiana Forestry and Woodland Owners Association (IFWOA). The annual Indian...

Even though USDA's latest crop forecast says we're going to have a record corn harvest of almost 17 billion bushels this year, corn prices here lately have been on the rise due to the rise in ethanol ...

The EPA has approved Syngenta's Durastak corn trait stack-a tripleBt protein package designed to battle corn rootworm. Approved for commercial use in 2027, Durastak will be available in hybrids sold u...

Orange County corn and soybean producer C.J. Fleenor, his wife Caitlin, and their children Caroline and Christian. Photo courtesy of C.J. Fleenor. Six percent of Indiana's corn and three percent of th...

Zachary Miller is a cattle farmer in Logansport, Indiana. "A 4th generation cattle farmer raised up in the cattle industry. My Mom and Dad, Grandpa and great grandpa all raised cattle. (They had) Cow/...

Purdue Extension is hosting a MarketReady training session from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT Nov. 20 in Evansville, Indiana. As the state's local food producers look to expand into new marketing channels, t...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it has improved and expanded its Farm to School Grant program and would invest up to $18 million to connect locally grown food to child nutrition programs....

Corteva Inc. may be looking to split its chemical and seed businesses into separate companies, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Indianapolis-based company, which reportedly has a market value...

Some were expecting big shifts in yield numbers in USDA's Crop Production report on Friday, but the shift in Indiana crops was minimal. USDA stuck with their prediction of Indiana corn yield at 205 bu...

Ted McKinney, CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) during the NASDA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis in August 2024. Photo courtesy of NASDA. September 30th is the...