Perdue Defends USDA Program CutsAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testified Tuesday morning before the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, defending proposed cuts to agriculture programs. Senators took the opportunity to lecture the Secretary on why...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who got a historically late start on his job, told senators on Wednesday that it may be fall before they have a chance to confirm the top-level policymakers, such as the deputy secretary, who will put the Trump administration stamp...
BASF and Syngenta are among the bidders to purchase Bayer?s LibertyLink business. The two companies have submitted bids to buy the LibertyLink business that Bayer is required to sell to get regulatory approval for its $66 billion takeover of Monsanto. Representatives...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue?s move to name Anne Hazlett as his assistant on rural development is drawing criticism. Perdue announced Hazlett as his assistant on rural development this week, replacing the former undersecretary role for rural development. Hazlett...
2017 Farm Management TourThe Purdue Farm Management Tour next week will be the 85th installment of the on-farm series. This year tour stops are in Howard and Carroll counties June 22nd and 23rd. Director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, Jim Mintert,...
Stress on crops continuesAround Indiana much of the crop still needing to be planted finally got over the hump last week. The next hump is right in front of that crop though. Hotter and dryer weather has settled in and DuPont Pioneer Encirca Services lead TC Huffman...
Hoosier Picked to Head New Rural Development Position at USDA Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has named a Hoosier to head the newly reorganized, Rural Development Department at USDA. Anne Hazlett has served as the Director of the Indiana State Department of...
Experts expect farmland values to decline as agriculture enters the projected fourth year of lower farm incomes. Agricultural real estate business Farmers National Company says agricultural land values in most areas can be expected to continue to gradually decline...
The U.S. has finalized details under a plan to send U.S. beef to China for the first time since 2003. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin made the announcement Monday. The announcement means the Department of...
Changes in swine geneticsIn the past swine genetics was focused primarily on feed efficiency, but at World Pork Expo one Indiana based breeding stock company has changed their focus. Clyde Shaffer with Shaffer Genetics in Albany, Indiana says changes in consumer...
