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Elkhart 4-H Sale Climbs to $2 Million

Elkhart County 4-H exhibitors collected a big pile of cash during last Friday's 4-H livestock auction in Goshen. With receipts totaling ... Read entire story

Lilly Lamb Rakes in Record Sale

The auctioneer's call cut through the hot, humid air last Thursday in Huntington as the grand champion lamb surpassed the 2013 record of ... Read entire story

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What's Making News


Indy Selected as One of Five USDA Hubs

Indiana's capital city will serve as one of five new U.S. Department of Agriculture regional hubs, Agriculture Secretary ... Read entire story

Minich Dairy Farm Hosts Row Crop Tour

The LaPorte County Row Crop Food Producers held their annual Ag Tour and Barbecue at Minich Dairy Farm last Wednesday near LaPorte ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Indiana Farmers Talk Cover Crops

Indiana continues to be among the nation's leaders in planting cover crops in freshly harvested corn and soybean fields to protect and ... Read entire story

Report: 2025 Ag Land Values Remain Mostly Stable

Progressive Farmer's Russ Quinn reported that "agricultural land values have remained remarkably stable through mid-2025, according to ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


June Milk Production Soars over Last Year's Output

Set against milk output that was down 1.7% last year from June 2023 due to avian influenza, June 2025 production soared to 19.2 billion pounds, ... Read entire story

Cattle at Lowest Count Since '73

Bloomberg's Gerson Freitas Jr. reported that "the latest U.S. cattle tally offered little relief for consumers paying record beef ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


Loophole Allows Legal Fictional Entities to Collect Piles of Cash

"Why would federal policy favor legal fictional entities over individual family farms?"

That's a great question and it ... Read entire story

'Corn Sweat' Doesn't Cause High Humidity in the Hoosier State

After my third conversation in two days about corn sweat, a popular media topic for the past three summers, I want to put things into perspective ... Read entire story

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