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Local educators and community members can learn how to provide elementary and high school students with healthy meals and nutrition education through a new training program offered by Purdue Extension in partnership w
As the focus of corn and soybean markets turns to 2017 prospects for production, the pace of old crop corn and soybean consumption carries implications for carryover stocks into the 2017-18 marketing year. The level o
Our neighborhood lost power after a round of violent storms hit our area and some of our neighbors’ homes were also flooded. Now that the storms are over and the power is coming back on, can we still eat the food in o
Very low crop insurance payments were made in 2016, resulting in a .27 loss ratio for all policies in the Federal program. Summary of Business data is available from the Risk Management Agency (RMA) back to 1989. Since
Heavy rain saturated swaths of farmland across the state in recent weeks, compelling significant numbers of farmers to reorder seeds or take measures to help their newly planted corn or soybeans prosper. Even many farme
Commodity businesses are cyclical by nature, and pork production is no different. To make the most of market upsides and minimize the impact of downsides, producers need to maximize their production by controlling the f
Egg prices in the U.S. have surged close to a record high, just in time for Easter.
Rainfall forecasts are flawed. They don’t take into account factors such as evaporation making them less accurate. Meteorologists at the MU have developed a method to help accurately account for evaporation.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is leading a trade mission to Japan this week. It concludes on June 15.
R-CALF’s lawsuit challenging the dismantling of COOL was dismissed. Now the group hopes to woo President Trump.
As Top Producer Editor, the favorite part of my job is visiting farmers across the country.
“Real Fresh, Real Flavor, Real Fast” contest encourages at-home cooks to submit time-saving tips for chance to win trip to wine country and hundreds of other prizes.
Hit hard by retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and China, the U.S. pork industry suffered a horrific July, and the spillover is likely to affect beef.
Van Oriental Foods Inc., is recalling approximately 10,385 lbs. of heat-treated but not fully cooked and not shelf-stable pork egg rolls that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically soft plastic,
Three universities will partner to lead a new national institute on antimicrobial resistance.
Here are five steps to ensure a proactive, profitable plan.
Produce Retailer editor Pamela Riemenschneider and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the revamped meal kits from Chef’d and other products now in stores -- and the all-important question of where to merchandise them.
Scientists continue to make advancements in biotechnology, but regulatory obstacles keep most of those advancements from reaching commercialization, resulting in sparse return on investment.
Elizabeth Wagstrom receives the Meritorious Service award and Adam Schelkopf is the 2018 Young Swine Veterinarian of the Year, announced at the annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.
Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on a $1.3 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown this weekend after key compromises were reached during overnight talks.
Understandably, there’s concern about the ‘alt-meat’ products now on store shelves and restaurant menus and labeled as ‘beef’ or ‘chicken.’ But is banning those terms the ideal response?
The outlook into early to mid-April is a volatile one with ups and downs and plenty of rainfall on the table, especially for the eastern ag belt.
To kill or not to kill — that is the question over which animal activists wax eloquent, with the answer inevitably being ‘Never!’ But is that proscription a moral absolute, or an existential variable?
The growing distance between food production and the consuming public is creating an abyss in knowledge and understanding of where food comes from, or what to do with it after it after it’s purchased.
Farmland values continue on a steady trend throughout most of the country.
While her photography caught my eye about four and half years ago, Erin Brenneman has led a revolution of social advocacy for the pork industry.
Farmers worldwide are feeling the pinch as fuel costs rise to near four-year highs just as they plant and harvest their fields, eroding agricultural income already hamstrung by depressed crop prices.
Retirement plans require open communication and tough questions
The UN’s Chief Veterinary Officer says of the African Swine Fever in China, “What we’re seeing so far is just the tip of the iceberg.” An emergency three-day meeting was recently held to address global concerns.