Planning Commission approves funding mechanism for pool rehabilitation project
The Elwood Planning Commission met Monday evening for a regular meeting at the Municipal Building. Following the approval of the minutes from the previous meeting, the Planning Commission heard an update from Ryan Phelps of the Madison County Council of Governments.
USDA celebrates 2022 Summer Meals Champions and looks ahead to Summer 2023
Millions of children face a risk of hunger during the summer months when they no longer have access to school meals. USDA’s summer meal programs – the Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option – reduce food and nutrition insecurity and help ensure kids are healthy and ready to learn when they return to school in the fall. Nationwide, thousands of dedicated organizations sponsor summer meal programs and work tirelessly to offer high quality meals that are appealing and nutritious.
Honoring female farmers and ranchers this Women’s History Month
Female farmers and ranchers in the United States play an integral role in providing agricultural products to our nation and the world. During Women’s History Month, we celebrate the 1.2 million female producers around the country.
New LED strategies could make vertical farming more productive, less costly
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers have designed two simple LED lighting strategies to increase yield and reduce energy costs for the vertical farming sector of indoor agriculture.
Hoosier Homestead Information Session
There will be a Hoosier Homestead Application and Information Session on Wednesday, March 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the 4H/Farm Bureau Building at the Madison County 4H Fairgrounds in Alexandria. The session will provide information on how to join more than 5,800 Indiana family farms who have been recognized for their economic contributions, cultural impacts, and social advancements over the last 100 years.
Lack of canine COVID-19 data fuels persisting concerns over dog-human interactions
Early COVID-19 pandemic suspicions about dogs’ resistance to the disease have given way to a long-haul clinical data gap as new variants of the virus have emerged. “It is not confirmed that the virus can be transmitted from one dog to another dog or from dogs to humans,” said veterinarian Mohamed Kamel, a postdoctoral fellow at Purdue University.
NCGA high-yielder shares secrets to success
ALLEGAN, Mich. – The Drozd family farms in Allegan, Michigan, and produces corn, soybeans and grain sorghum. Jon Drozd started competing in the National Corn Yield Contest in the 1980s and now competes with his sons, Jake and Ryan Drozd.
Corteva Agriscience announces plant breeding innovation to combat corn disease
INDIANAPOLIS – Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA) today announced a gamechanging gene editing technology that will bring added protection to elite corn hybrids is advancing through the company’s R&D pipeline. The earlystage concept uses proprietary technology to package multiple diseaseresistant native traits into a single location in the gene to better address the most devastating North American corn diseases facing farmers today.
Beck’s and Shark Farmer dive into new partnership
ATLANTA, Ind. – Shark Farmer, agriculture's most entertaining and boundary-pushing media personality, has a new home… or should that be, tank? Rob Sharkey, known in digital circles as The Shark Farmer, is not your average Illinois grain farmer.