Agencies: Avian flu found in birds at Indiana turkey farm
State officials have quarantined the farm, and its 29,000 turkeys are being euthanized to prevent the spread of the disease, said a spokeswoman for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health.
State officials have quarantined the farm, and its 29,000 turkeys are being euthanized to prevent the spread of the disease, said a spokeswoman for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health.
The maker of agricultural seeds, insecticides and herbicides had been based in Wilmington, Delaware, since its spinoff from parent DowDuPont in 2019.
The test allows for quicker diagnosis and pinpointed treatment of bovine respiratory disease, the most common and costly disease affecting the world’s cattle.
The lower production targets are a win for the oil industry, which argues that biofuel blending is costly and raises gasoline prices.
Extreme weather and supply chain disruptions have reduced supplies of both real and artificial trees this season.
Experts said tree buyers should expect to pay between 10% and 30% more for both live trees and artificial trees this year and also have a smaller selection to choose from.
Turkeys on an Indiana farm in early November 1949 were being fattened up for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The used tractor business is quickly becoming a crucial marketplace that’s allowing farmers to keep harvesting corn, wheat and soy day and night at a time of insatiable demand from buyers.
The rejected contract offer would have covered more than 10,000 Deere workers at 12 facilities who make the company’s iconic John Deere green tractors and other equipment.
Indianapolis-based IntelinAir Inc. sees a big opportunity in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to help farmers keep tabs on their crops.
Hamilton County-based seed company Beck’s Hybrids said the marketing expansion increases its total reach to 75 percent of the corn and soybean farmers in the United States.
More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday, the first major walkout at the agricultural machinery giant in more than three decades.
As if a cup of coffee wasn’t expensive enough, a confluence of factors is driving up farmers’ costs to grow the beans and it could begin filtering down to your local cafe before the end of the year.
Mitch Frazier succeeds Brad Chambers, who took the role of Indiana secretary of commerce in August.
A perfect storm of events—from extreme weather and plant shutdowns to new government sanctions—have hit the chemical fertilizer market this year, slamming farmers already buckling under the strain of rising costs to produce food.
Two of the industry’s biggest poultry companies have agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused them and several other firms of conspiring to dominate the industry and fix the prices paid to farmers who raise the chickens.
The 10-story tower in northern Hamilton County is one of the largest soybean processing towers in the world, capable of processing three million bushels of soybeans annually, doubling Beck’s processing at the location.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is expected to announce Monday morning that benefit amounts for the program, formerly known as food stamps, will rise an average of 25% above pre-pandemic levels.
Indiana isn’t seeing the intense heat waves and flash-flooding that other parts of the world are experiencing this summer, but models show our winters will dwindle, our summers will have many more days above 95ºF and rainfall will continue to increase.
The new rule that will make it easier for farmers to sue companies they contract with over unfair, discriminatory or deceptive practices.