Investigation in truck-tractor wreck ongoing; no charges currently filed
On May 15, Thorntown farmer Joseph “Joe” Garst died when his tractor was rear-ended by a box truck at about 2:20 p.m. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office could not be reached to confirm details before the printing of Farm World’sJune 13 issue, in which an article mentioned the incident and commemorated Garst.
A fire at Straathoff Swine Farm in southeast Fayette County is believed to have killed 5,000 hogs and caused in excess of $10 million damage, according to Chief Josh Hobbs, Ohio Fire Marshall’s Office.
Michigan and Canadian dairy farmers talk system changes
The Dairy Together Movement attempted to gather steam at recent meetings throughout Michigan discussing the dairy crisis and how farmers can organize for change.
Industrial hemp OK included in Senate’s draft of farm bill
In a 20-1 vote, a draft 2018 farm bill has passed out of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee. Officially known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, it contains a provision that would legalize hemp production, championed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Indiana Rep advances bill to delay insurance tax to 2021
The health insurance tax (HIT) that came into effect in 2014 imposed a levy on the net premiums of health insurance companies. That cost is passed on to consumers.
King-size love for engineering fuels quarter-scale competition
Peoria’s Exposition Gardens Fairgrounds played host to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’ (ASABE) International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition May 31-June 3.
Iowa State researchers get $671K to study monarch butterfly ecology
Iowa State University (ISU) researchers last month received a $670,675 grant funded by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Pollinator Health Program to advance the understanding of monarch butterfly ecology.
