Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittBenchmark Your Yield to Evaluate Your Performance A new tool for 2016 will not only help growers track their yield, but will also help them predict yield before the combine ever gets pulled out of the shed. Farmlink is best...
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Thanksgiving has been Good for Turkey Industry
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankBrennan on turkeysOne of the ways we celebrate thanksgiving is by having turkey on the table. For many it is a long standing tradition, a tradition that the nation’s turkey producers are very happy about, according to Paul...
Avian Influenza Expert Raises Concerns As USDA Stockpiles Vaccines
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe U.S. Department of Agriculture is creating a stockpile of avian influenza vaccines, but an expert suggests careful consideration of the strategy and cautions that the strain of the next outbreak is unknown. Wild birds are typically...
Dow Remains Confident of Enlist Registration
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittRelative to EPA?s recently filed motion to vacate the registration of Enlist Duo herbicide, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) is confident in the extensive data supporting this new technology and is working quickly with EPA to...
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittToday most of us will celebrate with Turkey on our tables and pumpkin pie. Nearly 88 percent of Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey at Thanksgiving. The average weight of turkeys purchased for Thanksgiving is...
US Ethanol Production Sets New All Time Record High
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittAccording to EIA data, ethanol production averaged 1.008 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 42.34 million gallons daily. That is up 33,000 b/d from the week before, a new all-time high, and the first time in history that weekly...
Corn Growers Commend FSA for Revision to Administrative County ARC-CO Program
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe Farm Service Agency recently approved a modification allowing growers on a farm with one or more tracts outside the administrative county the option to recalculate Agriculture Risk Coverage-CO benefits based on the farm’s...
Rubio Backs RFS
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittYesterday, Sen. Marco Rubio spoke about the need to keep the promise made to investors with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, IA. It is the most in-depth answer the senator has given on the subject...
Deere to Measure Ag Industry Slump
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittDeere & Company will soon provide an outlook as to what may be in store for the agriculture industry in 2016. The world?s largest seller of combines and tractors will report its fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. With the...
Argentine Farmers Set to Flood Market with Exports
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittFarmers in Argentina are expected to swiftly boost exports that will increase global supplies of wheat, corn and soybeans. Following the weekend election of Mauricio Macri (Mar-ree-see-oh Mah-cree) as President of Argentina, the exports...