Category Archives: WBTU News (Imported)

The latest Net Farm Income Forecast from USDA's Economic Research Service predicts farm income to increase in 2025. However, it's important to look at the data beyond just the top-line numbers. “...

Of the 47 million Americans who are food insecure, 17 million of those are children. And while hunger is a problem in every part of the United States, it’s more common in rural areas. Earlier th...

China imported a record volume of soybeans for August to build a buffer against possible shortages as a protracted trade war with the U.S. - its second-largest supplier - drags on. China, the world's ...

The Perdue Farms facility in Washington, Indiana. Photo courtesy of Google Maps. Maryland-based Perdue Farms is planning to lay off 293 employees at its turkey production facility in Washington, accor...

Sarah Ash Simpson, the new Senior Director of Public Policy and Industry Affairs for the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA). Photo courtesy of ISA. Sarah Ash Simpson has been hired by the Indiana Soybean ...

A soil-borne fungus is raising alarm among soybean growers across parts of the Midwest and Southern U.S. It's called Red Crown Rot, and it's now showing up in more fields than ever before. According t...

U.S. Capitol building, Washington, D.C. The U.S. House passed a five-year reauthorization of USDA's grain inspection program on Monday. The bipartisan United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act...

Photo courtesy of the American Egg Board. If you're an Indiana egg producer or a representative of an Indiana egg producer-then, you may want to consider serving on the American Egg Board. It's the U....

President Trump during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Office of President Donald J. Tru...

California lawmakers voted last week to allow the sale of E15, a higher-ethanol gasoline blend that could help bring down fuel prices in the Golden State. California had been the only U.S. state that ...