U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. Photo courtesy of USDA. USDA plans to roll out a short-term “bridge payment” for farmers next week in a bid to help growers survive tight margins and ...

Farmer sentiment strengthened in November as rising crop prices and improved export prospects pushed the Purdue University/CME Group’s Ag Economy Barometer to 139, the highest level since June. Much ...

Indiana is among the top states in the nation for cover crop adoption. A recent survey showed Hoosier farmers planted an estimated 1.6 million acres of overwinter living cover crops and small grains, ...

If you travel rural roads across Indiana and around the nation for that matter, you’ve probably noticed a lot of yellow flowers in the fields. The bright yellow in fields stretches from Texas east to ...

The 2025 beef production forecast is lowered on the slower expected pace of cattle slaughter in the second half of the year. Beef production in 2026 is adjusted upward on greater anticipated ...

Vital Farms—which is based in Austin, Texas—has provided an update on its planned egg washing and packing facility in Seymour, Indiana. The company says that the facility, slated to open in 2027, will ...

The National Corn Growers Association announced the winners of the 2025 Yield Contest. With growing conditions that led to a projected record corn crop, this year’s participants delivered impressive ...

Fort Wayne farmer Don Wyss, who also serves on the Executive Committee of the United Soybean Board. He’s also served on the Allen County Council since 2022. Photo courtesy of the Indiana Soybean ...

China has secured at least seven million tons of U.S. soybeans after multiple purchases during the past two weeks, which puts the Asian country over halfway to meeting the 12-million-ton purchase ...

206 bushels per acre! That was the average yield for Indiana’s corn crop in 2025 according to USDA. However, one of Purdue’s top agronomists disagrees with that number. “It’s the same sentiment I’ve ...

A rendering of the planned Ohio River Fertilizer Terminal planned for construction near Rockport in Spencer County, Indiana. Photo provided by Superior Ag. Superior Ag, an ag cooperative based in ...

Brian Duncan, President of Illinois Farm Bureau, addresses reporters during a press conference in January 2024. Photo courtesy of Illinois Farm Bureau. American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has ...