Checkoff more desired by burley now, with less corporate funding
Many agriculture commodities have the benefit of checkoff programs that raise revenue to go back into the business through marketing and research efforts.
4-Hers, volunteers sought for Indiana disease training event
Indiana 4-H members have an opportunity to learn about zoonotic disease prevention and take that knowledge back to their communities – teams of high-schoolers are being sought for a "teens teaching teens" training workshop.
Recycled food scraps may feed Hoosier pigs with proposed bill
Hoosier pig farmers may have a new feed option in the near future. It’s an old idea with a modern twist: Recycled and treated food scraps from commercial kitchens.
Indiana has become the first state to begin forming an unfunded Rapid Response Team to conduct integrated, multi-agency responses to all-hazards food and feed emergencies.
The Progressive Farmer magazine’s February issue resembles most mid-winter issues of most U.S. farm magazines. It features stories on how to grow more corn, how to whip soybean aphids and how to "Drain Water in the Hydraulics."
Harbach farm ’14 soybean test produces more than 80 bushels
The 2014 growing season for soybeans was distinguished by outstanding individual yields per acre, and results from the Harbach Partnership farm in Jo Daviess County serve as a prime example.
