Purdue University professor of food science Suzanne Nielsen was honored as one of two recipients of the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences for 2017. Nielsen has been a...
AgriNovus Indiana, a food and agriculture innovation initiative, will use a two-year, $4.2 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support strategic programs to meet the education, talent and entrepreneurship needs of the growing agbiosciences sector in Indiana....
ASAs-Moore-on-Commodity-ClassicTuesday marks the start of registration for the 2018 Commodity Classic, GROW BEYOND in Anaheim, California. The farmer-led and focused convention grows every year, so farmers are encouraged to register and make hotel reservations as...
Existing wet conditions and additional rainfall during the beginning and end of the week continued to slow down harvest progress, according to Greg Matli, Indiana State Statistician for the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Damage to standing crops was...
Chances are that, if you are involved in production agriculture, you have had a discussion with someone about biotechnology. Most likely, it centered around whether GMOs in food are safe. Odds are you did not win the argument or change the person?s mind. Yet, getting...
October-17-Barometer-up-slightlyThe Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer has risen slightly in the newest survey of 400 U.S. ag producers. The October barometer is up 3 points to 135, the third highest reading since they started collecting data two years...
Jim BowerLast week, the USDA shocked the market with a hike in estimated corn yields and the prediction of a larger corn crop. The market sold off on Thursday, but recovered a bit on Friday. Jim Bower, with Bower Trading, sees the market starting to shift its focus to...
A November 15 deadline to report on-farm air emissions is looming. The National Pork Producers Council and the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association filed a brief in support of an Environmental Protection Agency motion to delay a mandate that farmers report certain air...
The U.S. Ethanol industry wants U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to suspend Brazil?s designated country status under the Generalized System of Preferences. The groups want Lighthizer to make the move against Brazil because of its ?protectionist and...
What Will We Do with Alll This Corn?Tom SleightThe 2017 corn crop just keeps getting bigger. The question now is: what are we going to do with all this corn? The USDA report released on Thursday raised the average corn yield 4 bpa and pushed the overall size of the...
