Indoor farming players struggling to find profitability
Some businesses in the industry are continuing to bet big even as rivals such as AppHarvest wobble and fail.
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Rep. Andre Carson: Welcoming immigrants is part of Hoosier hospitality
Without addressing labor shortages, our reliance on imported crops grows.
Hard Truth, Mellencamp Whiskey call partnership a ‘no-brainer’
Brown County’s Hard Truth Distilling Co., in partnership with the recently founded Mellencamp Whiskey Co., is releasing a new whiskey collection specifically celebrating and supporting Hoosier farmers.
Closure of Indiana chicken facility to cost 368 workers their jobs
More details have emerged regarding the impact of Tyson Foods’ announcement this week that it is closing four chicken processing facilities, including one in Indiana.
Tyson Foods closing 4 chicken processing plants, including one in Indiana
In a cost-cutting move, Tyson said it will shift production to other facilities and halt operations at the four plants in the first two quarters of fiscal 2024.
IBJ Podcast: Farming challenges mount as Indiana gets hotter and wetter, but crops will have staying power
Three members of Purdue’s agronomy faculty—including an expert in soybeans and an expert in corn—explain how climate change is playing out on the ground in Indiana farm fields.
National swine show, athletic events announced for new fairgrounds building
Indiana State Fairgrounds officials opened the 196,000-square-foot Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion on Thursday, sharing announcements of national events already scheduled for the venue that has replaced the Swine Barn.
Southern Indiana farm gets $15M grant to expand climate-smart production
Fischer Farms will use the funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand its own environmentally friendly initiatives and help other farmers adopt regenerative farming practices.
Indiana to host Farm Aid benefit concert for third time
Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp will top the bill at Ruoff Music Center.
Central U.S. getting worst of drought, stressing corn crops, lowering rivers
Experts say the drought in the central U.S. is the worst since at least 2012, and in some areas, is drawing comparisons to the 1988 drought that devastated corn, wheat and soybean crops.
U.S. approves chicken from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat
The move launches a new era of meat production aimed at eliminating harm to animals and drastically reducing the environmental impacts of grazing, growing feed for animals and animal waste.
West Terre Haute carbon-capture project viewed as forerunner
By the time it’s expected to come online in 2026, a Wabash Valley Resources fertilizer plant will be able to capture and store up to 1.65 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
Corteva, two other companies reach $1.2B settlement over ‘forever chemicals’ in water
The pollutants, polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances—commonly known as PFAS—can be found in many industrial and cosmetic products and have been linked to infertility, thyroid disorders and several types of cancer.
IBJ Podcast: Indiana becoming garden spot for vital ag innovation, food security
Host Mason King talks with AgriNovus chief Mitch Frazier, who has one of the most expansive and rounded perspectives of agricultural innovation in the state, details how Indiana is becoming a major player in vital issues of food security.
2023 Innovation Issue: Startup NanoBio Designs seeks to simplify genetic testing
A local small business is hoping to deploy technology in the coming years that could help seed producers and distributors more quickly determine the genetic makeup of their products.
2023 Innovation Issue: Inari aims to boost crop yields through unique gene-editing technology
From a base in West Lafayette at the Purdue Research Park, the company’s scientists are racing to create environmentally friendly, food-insecurity-fighting crops through special genetic technology.
2023 Innovation Issue: Paul Nselel on why agriculture innovation is essential to supporting farmers’ work
Innovation in agriculture has been transformative, with advances in breeding, prevalent use of data analytics and technology serving as important drivers of change.
2023 Innovation Issue: Mitch Frazier on a tidal wave of innovation in agriculture is hitting Indiana
Companies across agbioscience are not only delivering life-essential innovations, they are also tackling many of the world’s toughest challenges.
2023 Innovation Issue: From humans to cows
In 2017, Donahue was part of a team that performed Indiana’s first intravaginal embryo culture with an FDA-approved device that allowed embryos to grow in a device inside the patient rather than in an incubator in a lab.
2023 Innovation Issue: Fields of fortune
But nearly half of Indiana’s corn is turned into ethanol as a fuel blend for cars, and nearly one-quarter of the soybean crop is turned into biodiesel for heavy-duty trucks.