The bright orange corn, which is derived from varieties that originated in South America and the Caribbean, is designed to be milled into cornmeal, grits and polenta, rather than eaten off the cob.
The agency’s decision to grant the petition last week is the start of a long regulatory process that could see the chemical banned. Tire manufacturers are already looking for an alternative that still meets federal safety requirements.
Fortune’s Fool, an Indianapolis-based spirits company led by former anesthesiologist Juliet Schmalz, debuted this month in liquor stores, restaurants and bars.
Sen. Jean Leising called it the “most miserable task force or interim committee meeting I have ever been a part of.”
John Brunnquell, president of Indiana-based Egg Innovations, one of the nation’s largest free-range and pasture-raised egg operations, said the new rules should make his business more competitive.
“AquAdvantage” salmon, engineered by biotech company AquaBounty Technologies, most recently drew criticism from environmental advocates at the 2023 Farm Aid event.
The 300,000-square-foot facility is being developed by local industrial real estate firm Scannell Properties LLC.
The animal-rights organization this week promoted a video of a discussion with Irsay, who lives a vegan lifestyle, about his expanded involvement in animal activism.
The lawsuit seeks to prevent Inari “from continuing its brazen efforts to steal Corteva’s groundbreaking, patent-protected work,” according to the complaint.
“I don’t believe any of us ever, in our wildest dreams, would think 38 years later there would still be a need to do Farm Aid,” singer John Mellencamp told IBJ about the concert that benefits independent farmers.
Some businesses in the industry are continuing to bet big even as rivals such as AppHarvest wobble and fail.
Without addressing labor shortages, our reliance on imported crops grows.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Farm Aid founders Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp will top the bill at Ruoff Music Center.
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.
