As Indiana’s legislative session moves into its second half, and with an election year just around the corner, agriculture leaders say now is the time for farmers and rural residents to speak up. “One ...

Hoosier Ag Today’s C.J. Miller chats with Angie Abbott, the Associate Dean and Director of Purdue Extension. Abbott talks about… ...

UPDATE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 27: A corporate representative with Rose Acre Farms, which is headquartered in Seymour, Indiana, has released the following statement to Hoosier Ag Today confirming that ...

The closure of one of Tyson’s major beef plants in Nebraska is sending shockwaves throughout the entire U.S. beef industry. “I’m in shock, along with everybody else,” says David Jobman, a cattle ...

The cattle inventory was 86.2 million head on January 1, 2026, which continued a long-standing downward trend. Despite a year of strong prices, the USDA Cattle Inventory Report showed the overall U.S.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, has been confirmed at a commercial poultry operation in central Indiana, near Indianapolis. The Indiana State Board of Animal ...

On the HAT Podcast Eric Pfeiffer and Greg Allen report on HAT news including the story of Beck’s Hybrids… ...

It’s well-known that the U.S. cattle herd continues to shrink. The January U.S. Cattle Inventory report showed the total inventory at 86.2 million head on January 1. That was down 300,000 head from ...

You may have seen a lot lately on social media about the controversy surrounding an Agricultural Development Bill in the Indiana General Assembly. That bill (House Bill 1333) would limit local public ...

The USDA is facing some doubts about the reliability of its data from farmers, grain traders, and economists. Reuters said the doubts are coming about because of the agency’s significant staff losses ...

New data from U.S. court filings show farm bankruptcies rising again, a troubling sign for family farms from coast to coast… and with particular impacts in the Midwest. “Chapter 12 bankruptcies ...

As the Indiana General Assembly continues to move forward, Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron tells Hoosier Ag Today that in his 20+ years advocating for agriculture to the state legislature, ...