Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittHow Farmers Are Cutting Back in 2016Danial CallWith corn and soybean prices well below where they have been the past few years, farmers are looking for ways to cut their cost of production. Purdue estimates that seed costs are about 35%...
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...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittU.S. ethanol exports had a strong start in 2016, expanding 7% over December volumes to a 14-month high, according to RFA analysis of government data released late Friday. The industry shipped 87.1 million gallons (mg), with China taking...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodaySpeaking last week, Dow Chemical president Tim Hassinger told the Global Agriculture Conference that commodity prices and currency fluctuations will continue to hurt sales to farmers this year. That view echoes the outlooks of...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittMoving from Precision Ag to Decision Ag Ben MooreNew tools for making decisions based on farm data were the big story at the Commodity Classic trade show which concluded over the weekend in New Orleans. Hoosier Ag Today found...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodaySome weather models that initially showed La Nina would develop by July have been pushed back a month or two, according to Kyle Tapley, senior agricultural meteorologist at MDA Weather Services. Pro Farmers First Thing Today...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittFarm Groups and Technology Providers Develop New Tool To Aid Farmers In Understanding Big Data ContractsA coalition of major farm organizations, commodity groups, and agriculture technology providers (ATPs) debuted a tool designed to...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittNew Orleans is ready with its warm weather and Cajun culture to greet thousands of the nation’s top corn, soybean, wheat, and sorghum producers. This annual gathering was already big enough, but this year, with the addition of the...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankDonnelly on Senate GMO billAmerica’s corn and soybean farmers are applauding the effort of the Senate Agriculture Committee this week to move forward Senator Pat Roberts’s bill on GMO labeling. The bill addresses the...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says weakness in U.S. agriculture could spill over into other parts of rural economies. Nathan Kauffman, with the Federal Reserve Bank, says, with the decline in agricultural income and farm...
