Making Your Side Dress Pay OffSide dressing nitrogen is more important than ever this spring. The heavy spring rains in Indiana have reduced the nitrogen available to corn this year. Scott Lay, with Loveland Products, says side dressing nitrogen is a practice that...
The top agricultural leaders from the United States and Canada met earlier this week, discussing trade and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. While no negotiations took place during the meeting, according to the U.S. Department of...
Perdue visits CanadaMonday U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue completed a trip to Toronto, marking his first international trip as secretary. Perdue conducted a series of meetings with Canadian officials, including Canadian Minister of Agriculture and...
A monthly survey on farmers? thoughts regarding the farm economy held steady last month. The latest reading of the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, which is based on a monthly survey of 400 agricultural producers from across the country, was 130. The producer...
Secretary and Mrs. Perdue joined Second Lady Karen Pence to unveil a new beehive on the grounds of the Vice President?s residence.Second Lady Karen Pence and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a newly-installed beehive on the grounds of the Vice...
World Pork Expo Checkoff previewThe Pork Checkoff is participating in many parts of World Pork Expo this week. Pork Checkoff spokesperson Cindy Cunningham encourages pork producers traveling to Iowa to take advantage of the many learning opportunities, one of which is...
The national infrastructure will get some attention from the White House this week as the administration gets set to put out details on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. President Trump will visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to speak on waterways and rural...
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Changes are in the WindPlanters were rolling over the state on a mostly dry weekend, and the forecast for this week also looks dry. Jim Bower, with Bower Trading, says the market is no longer focusing on planting delays but on...
A recent study says any rollback of Obama-era moves to normalize relations with Cuba will harm U.S. Agriculture. The study by Engage Cuba, a coalition of private companies seeking an end to the Cuba embargo, says any new regulations on exporting agricultural...
Southern Indiana slugfest?Probably the worst I?ve ever seen? is how one agronomist describes the conditions farmers have faced while trying to plant crops in southern Indiana this year. Even though planting has now ramped up again and could be complete within a week,...
