Agriculture
56 family farms honored with the Hoosier Homestead Award at the Indiana Statehouse
INDIANA – At the Indiana Statehouse Friday, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith and Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Director Don Lamb presented 56 farming families with a Hoosier Homestead…
Purdue Extension offers Farmers Market Nutrition Program enrollment event in Paoli
PAOLI– Local farmers and farmers’ market vendors are invited to a special drop-in enrollment event next week to learn about and access the eFarmers Market…
Corteva and Indiana State Fair reveal 2025 Featured Farmers
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Fair and Corteva, Inc. are proud to unveil the highly anticipated 2025 Featured Farmers who will be honored at this…
FCSIC board of directors votes to return excess funds to Farm Credit System banks
McLEAN, Va. – The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation board of directors has approved a payment of approximately $76.6 million in excess insurance funds to…
Partner with Farmers to end food insecurity, Hoosiers advocate urges
INDIANA – As grocery prices continue to climb, squeezing household budgets across Indiana, a former state official calls for a renewed focus on supporting local…
Farm to Capitol brings agriculture to the Indiana StatehouseÂ
INDIANA— National Ag Day is Tuesday, March 18, 2025. To celebrate, Indiana’s Family of Farmers, a coalition of the state’s agriculture commodity organizations, is hosting a…
USDA accepting applications for Peru Agribusiness Trade Mission
WASHINGTON– The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications for its agribusiness trade mission to Lima, Peru, scheduled for June 9-12, 2025….
Indiana Landmarks and Farm Bureau seek nominations for 2025 Rural Preservation Award
INDIANA—Indiana Landmarks and the Indiana Farm Bureau are calling for nominations for the 2025 John Arnold Award for Rural Preservation, which celebrates the preservation and…
Bird Flu confirmed in Bartholomew County, spreading across Indiana
INDIANA – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Bartholomew County following the discovery…
Indiana Grown Symposium welcomes agriculture focused businesses for one-day training event
INDIANA—Indiana Grown, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture’s local marketing initiative, will host a day-long conference featuring educational seminars for Indiana’s food and farming businesses. The event is…
