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. The final day to update yield history …read more.

By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County Purdue Extension will be holding a vegetable growers meeting from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the Wakarusa Produce Auction, located at 65460 CR 9. The cost of the program is $10 per person, which includes lunch. To help us plan for lunch …read more.

The U.S. corn crop is projected to reach record production this year but won’t be quite as large as initially expected because heavy spring rain in parts of the country prevented some acres from being planted, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Friday (Nov. 8) crop production report. Indiana’s corn crop also is expected …read more.