Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittDemand is the Key to Raise Corn PricesBob UtterbackWith corn prices expected to stay under $4 for much of 2016, building demand is the hope for a recovery. Corn prices started the week higher after last week’s sharp selloff, but...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy Eubank2015 PFR resultsThis planting and growing season was flush with Mother Nature challenges, but it created plenty of opportunity to learn for those ag researchers who dealt with the same problems in their plots. Practical Farm Research is...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittPrices of oil and other commodities will come under renewed pressure on Monday on fears that Friday night’s deadly attacks on Paris will further slow the global economy. Oil is already trading near its six-year lows and...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittAs consumers raise more concerns about the use of antibiotics in livestock production, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing new record keeping regulations for producers. On October 1, the FDA proposed new...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe Pork Network reports a group of five Democratic Senators contacted the Department of Health and Human Service about antibiotics in animal agriculture. The group wants HHS to finalize its rule for more data collection on the sale and...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankCowan on TPPThe Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement or TPP is being called the “biggest commercial opportunity ever for U.S. pork producers,” by the National Pork Producers Council, and that organization joined others this...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankUSB strategic planningThe nation’s farm broadcasting community is meeting this week in Kansas City, and many of the top ag companies and large commodity groups attend the annual convention for a chance to meet with those...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittA coalition of agriculture groups voiced support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership while meeting at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Annual Convention on Wednesday. Led by the American Soybean Association, the groups voiced...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittAccording to USDA in its November crop report, corn production is forecast at 13.7 billion bushels, up less than one percent from the October forecast, but down 4 percent from last year’s record production. That forecast is...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittA team of U.S. ethanol industry representatives led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse traveled to India last week to discuss opportunities for developing...
