Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittLuke Bozeman, with BASF, left, and researcher Harold Coble talk about planting milkweed.Harold Coble, a professor emeritus from North Carolina State University, recently had dinner with a corn and soybean grower where he talked about...
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Oil Ends the Week Sharply Higher.
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittOil futures settled higher on Friday as U.S. prices scored a gain of more than 7% for the week, after a top energy monitor said prices might have bottomed on expectations that falling supplies will help alleviate the global glut of...
Hoosier Ag Today Launches Video Series with Purdue
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittDr. Shawn Casteel from the Purdue Department of Agronomy and Dr. Jim Mintert from the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture.Hoosier Ag Today, Indiana’s leading agricultural communications company, has partnered with the Purdue...
A New Approach to Crop Protection
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittA New Approach to Crop ProtectionDavid Hollinrake,As farmers get ready to plant their crop, a lot of thought and money goes into protecting that crop from pests and disease. But, with innovation, growers will soon begin to think...
It Is OK to Fuel the Boat with Ethanol
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe gasoline used by more than 95 percent of Americans, E10, contains 10 percent ethanol and is safe to use in marine engines. All current boat engines are warrantied for E10 and have been for nearly two decades. Yet for some reason,...
No Hope for Higher Prices in USDA Report
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayUSDA made no changes to the US corn balance sheet while globally the coarse grain supplies for 15/16 were projected 1.6 mln tons lower on lower beginning stocks of corn in Brazil and lower production out of South Africa. US balance...
Vilsack Has Concerns about Syngenta China Deal
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittVilsack Has Concerns about Syngenta China DealTom VilsackSyngenta, one of the world’s leading crop protection companies, has been purchased by China. US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has serious concerns about what this...
Soy Growers Take Sustainability Seriously
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankSoy sustainabilityU.S. soybean farmers practice sustainability in order to survive and that’s a message they need to share with end users of their products who are growing more persistent in their demand for sustainably produced...
Ethanol Trade Groups Commend Administration for Swift Action on China AD/CVD Case
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittLast week, in response to the People’s Republic of China’s issuance of the preliminary sampling results and related issues pursuant to the antidumping and countervailing duty cases against the U.S. distiller’s dried...
BASF Considering Bid for DuPont
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayDow Jones reports BASF is considering a counter bid for DuPont, who agreed to merge with Dow Chemical in December. BASF is currently working with advisers and financing banks to examine the merits of a counter bid for the $55...