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State Budget Cuts to Affect Ag Dept.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture is facing a double-digit reduction in its 2026 budget as a result of state budget cutting ... Read entire story

4-H Animals Perish in Mill Creek Barn Fire

Nine farm animals a family kept for use in 4-H perished in a LaPorte County barn fire, but more could have died if not for police helping ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Agricultural Pesticides Undergoing Label Changes

Anyone applying agricultural pesticides (certified applicator or not) needs to be aware of changes coming to pesticide labels across the ... Read entire story

Keep Safety in Mind When Working in Animal Barns

Between operating heavy machinery, managing livestock and applying fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, agricultural production involves ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


Class 3 Milk Price Declines in April, but Up from 2024

The April federal order benchmark Class III milk price was announced by the USDA at $17.48 per hundredweight, down $1.14 from March but ... Read entire story

Solution Needed for Estate Tax Problem

The cost of inheriting the family farm will increase dramatically at the end of the year if Congress doesn't take steps to extend the elevated ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


Now's the Time for Whole Milk Bill

After years of patient effort, Congress seems headed for a long-overdue correction to misguided nutrition policy. The Whole Milk for Healthy ... Read entire story

DOGE's Cost-Cutting Won't Do Much to Lower the Annual Debt

Somewhere along life's highway most of us learned to balance a checkbook. This task usually involved a pencil, the back of a used envelope ... Read entire story

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