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...
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...
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...
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,...
Pick up any business publication and you will see the word innovation used extensively. Listen to any state leader talk about jobs or the economy, and the term innovation will be used extensively. According to the experts, innovation is what is needed to grow our...
The Centers for Disease Control says more than 370 people have reported Salmonella infections from backyard flocks this year, and more than one-third of them were children under five years old. The CDC is reporting eight separate outbreaks across 47 states in backyard...
