It's Fair Time!
The bidding was hot, and so was the weather during last Thursday's Steuben County 4-H livestock auction in Angola ... Read entire story
Three grand champions were represented at the Miami County 4-H auction in Peru last Saturday. Hannah Early of Macy earned the high dollar ... Read entire story
What's Making News
Ports of Indiana has selected Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, to operate the grain ... Read entire story
Farmer sentiment weakened in June following two months of improvement, as tracked by the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer ... Read entire story
This Week's Farm Operations
Most corn fields I have been in this week are pretty clean. A few diseases that I have seen include anthracnose, tar spot and common rust in corn ... Read entire story
An alternative field crop could be defined as an agronomic crop not usually grown in a geographic region, selected for use due to ... Read entire story
This Week's Market News
U.S. dairy farmers are putting the pedal to the medal in milk production, as low feed costs and good milk and beef returns provide incentive for ... Read entire story
The June 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs, at 75.1 million head, is up .52% from last quarter and .33% higher than a year ago, and just ... Read entire story
Weekly Columns
Six months into my first job as pup reporter in another century, I pestered my boss to transfer me from the green fields of north central ... Read entire story