Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayThe Budget proposal released by the White House Tuesday includes a cut to crop insurance. The budget request to Congress calls for a ten-year, $18 billion cut to the federal crop insurance program. The request comes after Congress...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankAg in the presidential campaignThe Iowa caucuses are a week old now, and the nation’s first primary, New Hampshire, is in the books, and other than plenty of ethanol rhetoric leading up to Iowa, where do the Presidential...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittCORN: Corn imports are projected 10 million bushels higher based on recent imports of corn into southeastern U.S. feed markets. Corn exports are projected 50 million bushels lower as larger supplies of South American corn further...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankWHEAT: U.S. 2015/16 wheat exports are lowered 25-million-bushels this month to 775 million. U.S. exports are lowered on increased international competition, especially from Canada. This export total is the lowest since 1971/72. U.S....
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittArcher Daniels Midland, or ADM, is reportedly considering a sale of the company’s ethanol facilities. Reuter’s reports the plants are now seen as more of a headache for the Chicago-based company, which opened two large...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayUSDA announced Thursday the availability of $150 million in funding to help producers voluntarily improve the health and productivity of private and tribal working lands. The Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to add 10...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy Eubank2016 Apps for Pig Farmer of the YearThe Pork Checkoff is accepting applications for the 2016 America’s Pig Farmer of the Year award. This award recognizes a U.S. pork producer who demonstrates excellence in raising pigs using the...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayMonsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced its commercial launch plans for its Roundup Ready 2 Xtend™ soybeans after it received import approval in China. This technology has been highly anticipated by farmers and...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittTop officials of countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) convened in New Zealand on Wednesday to sign the final agreement, but it was really just a formality. Individual nations must still approve the...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankSyngenta dealSyngenta has announced that ChemChina has offered to acquire the company in a $43 billion deal expected to conclude by the end of the year. Syngenta’s existing management will continue to run the company and when the...
