Stimulus Package Helps Indiana Farmers
With $28 billion set aside for USDA spending from the economic stimulus package, Indiana farmers will be impacted in great ways. According to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, $145 million will…
Growing Wind Farms!
Benton County, Indiana will soon be home to a 400-megawatt wind farm. Dominion Resources, a power company, is planning to generate enough electricity for 120,000 homes on The Fowler Ridge…
Indiana Corn Crops Suffer With Global Warming
A study released by the Environmental America Research & Policy Center said Indiana corn farmers will lose an estimated $98 million a year as temperatures rise from global warming. The…
Farmers Still Waiting
Farmers in Illinois are waiting for fields to dry before digging in. The only problem is, farmers want to be planting not discussing wet fields at this time of year.…
Wind Farm is on its Way!
Construction is underway for one of the biggest wind farm projects in Indiana. The main components for the Meadow Lake Wind Farm arrived at the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor on…
Cool Weather Postpones Crops
Indiana temperatures have been four to 10 degrees cooler than normal, damaging a few soybean fields across the state. The cooler temperatures have also had an affect on the corn…
Idaho Air Quality Improves
In 2007 the Idaho government invalidated field-burning laws that allowed farmers to burn farm residue. This practice caused much pollution and upset many environmentalists in the state. Government officials, farmers…
Indiana to Increase Farm Research
Newly inaugurated Governor of Indiana Mike Pence, in his recent State of the State address, has pledged to increase state funding to farm research programs. Farm research funding has been…
Obama Names New Farm Credit Administrator
President Obama recently named Indiana congresswoman Jill Long Thompson to replace outgoing Farm Credit Administration chair Leland Strom. The Farm Credit Administration dates back to the Great Depression and the…
Indianans Debate Livestock Regulations
Indiana farmers and rural residents are debating livestock and agricultural regulations in a state whose livestock production is increasingly dominated by large-scale, industrial animal farms. In 2005, Indiana Governor Mitch…