By DONNA J. FERGUSON Communications Coordinator, Indiana Farm Service Agency Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided farm owners and producers one additional week, until Tuesday, April 7, to choose between Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage, the safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill. The final day … Read More
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County The twilight fruit growers meeting, held every other year at Kercher’s Sunrise Orchard, is always a popular program. At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, the Kercher family will once again host Purdue Extension at their business, located at 19498 … Read More
By KELLY L. HECKAMAN Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Purdue Extension is sponsoring five workshops throughout the state today through Wednesday, April 8, for fruit and vegetable producers to learn how to reduce the risk of contamination by foodborne pathogens in produce. All of the “Good Agricultural … Read More
By BEN KENNEY Indiana State Department of Agriculture Communications Director Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann announced a new dairy strategy for Indiana agriculture in remarks to the Indiana Livestock, Forage and Grain Forum hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance. The strategy was commissioned by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture … Read More
Warsaw High School FFA has received a $2,500 donation from Kosciusko County farmer Jeff Thompson and America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. The donation will help FFA members attend career development events and provide them with new, up-to-date technology. “We are very excited about this … Read More
Dear Editor, Wednesday, March 18, is National Ag Day, a day to raise awareness about agriculture’s contribution of food and fiber to our society. As a farmer, it’s also a day when I reflect on how far agriculture has come since my great grandparents and grandparents farmed, and … Read More
By KASSI ROWLAND Director of Administration, Tom Farms With the warmer weather of spring comes one of the busiest and most exciting times of the year for farmers – planting season. As farmers head to the fields to plant, farm-vehicle traffic increases on local roads and highways. Local … Read More
By KELLY BRAUN Truepointe Cooperative Trupointe Cooperative Inc. and Cargill Inc. signed the final agreement to create the joint venture TruHorizons, bringing together their current grain and agronomy operations under one name at Milford, Bremen and La Paz, Indiana. Operations of TruHorizons begin today. The TruHorizons agronomy hub at … Read More
By DONNA FERGUSON United States Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Indiana Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Julia A. Wickard reminds producers of upcoming important deadlines for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage. … Read More
By ROBERT KELLY Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County Would you like to learn about tractor and lawn tractor safety? If so, the 4-H Farm Tractor and Garden Tractor clubs are for you. You don’t have to live on a farm or even own a farm or garden … Read More
