Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayWashington media reports suggest there may be a possibility of action on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) as early as this summer in the House Ways and Means Committee. Committee Chair Kevin Brady said action would...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittMonday was Tax Day and while many Americans will receive a modest refund, oil producers are raking in the big bucks, $4 billion to $6 billion, through tax incentives dating back more than 100 years. The Renewable Fuels Association...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayThe agriculture slump is getting so bad in the U.S. that farmers are about to get more government aid than at any time in the past decade.About $13.9 billion of net farm income this year will be federal payments, or about 25...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankNeed weed formulation for cornIn the drive for a profitable year in 2016 amid depressed commodity prices, where are farmers able to trim on inputs? One product manager says it doesn’t appear that weed control is getting cut out,...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittIt is unlikely very many of you in the agricultural community felt too sorry for the Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain when its food safety problems made national news. After its attack ads on farmers, most of us felt it was about...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayHedge funds and commodity traders have poured money into the U.S. grain markets of late, pushing up open interest, volume and prices in a sector that had previously seen limited action due to hefty supplies. While the inventory...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankTestifying against EPAThis week, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works heard testimony from Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Tom Buchanan regarding the EPA’s unlawful efforts to influence public opinion during review...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe National Corn Growers Association and other agriculture organizations on Wednesday called on the Environmental Protection Agency to postpone a meeting scheduled for next week related to the pesticide chlorpyrifos. In a letter...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayCropLife International says every crop protection product that reaches the market costs $286 million and takes 11 years of research and development. A new report published this week found the industry spent a total of $2.6 billion...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankWater mattersMany Hoosiers take water for granted, and at the most recent AgrIInstitute Thought Leaders program panelists representing various water utilities acknowledged that Indiana should have sufficient water resources for the...
