Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittOil futures took a dive on Wednesday, as continued concerns about the glut of crude pushed the February West Texas Intermediate crude contract below $27 a barrel to its lowest settlement in nearly 13 years. “Some walking...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittWhile President Obama vetoed a resolution to disapprove the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. rule, the Senate will vote on an override Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters Wednesday...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThree POET biorefineries will expand ethanol production capacity by a combined total of 25 million gallons in 2016. POET Biorefineries in Hanlontown, Iowa, Hudson, South Dakota and Caro, Michigan each filed separate expansion permits...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittFarmers National Company predicts a softer agricultural land market will continue in 2016, with values for high-quality land holding steadier while lower quality land values decline. Still, despite lower land values scattered across...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittIndiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) and U.S. Department of Agriculture teams have visited 900-plus residences in a 10-kilometer radius “control area” around the original site to identify small, “backyard”...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittWhile visiting Washington D.C. last week, Canadian officials voiced strong opposition to any voluntary country-of-origin labeling program in the United States. Agri-Pulse reported a voluntary version of the U.S. COOL law “did not...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittAuthorities say no additional turkey farms in a southern Indiana county have tested positive for bird flu since Sunday. Indiana State Board of Animal Health spokeswoman Denise Derrer said Sunday that 100 farms tested over 24 hours came...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittSarah Ann Jump/The HeraldGovernor Mike Pence spoke to the press after being briefed by officials on the avian flu situation in Dubois County at the Center for Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing at VUJC on Saturday.The Indiana...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittAvian Flu Strikes Indiana Turkey Farm State and Federal Officials confirmed the discovery of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu at a turkey operation in Dubois County, Indiana on Friday. The infestation was confirmed by the diagnostic lab...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankIndiana has a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, H7N8. It was found in a commercial turkey flock in southwestern Indiana’s Dubois County and reported on Thursday. Governor Mike Pence has “directed all...
