Indiana State Department of Agriculture

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch announced the appointments for the Indiana Grown Initiative Commission.

“Saving” is a common thread running through many of the educational seminars at the 2023 Fort Wayne Farm Show.

Indiana’s ag industry will look a little different in 2023 as several leaders change jobs and retire. Purdue University President Mitch Daniels and “Corn Guy” Bob Nielsen will retire effective January 2023.

It is farmers who are making Indiana’s economy tick, said Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch at the Indiana Farm Bureau State Convention. “You’re feeding Hoosiers. You are feeding people in our country and people around the world,” said the state’s secretary of agriculture.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency have joined forces to implement the Cover Crop Premium Discount Program for the third year in a row.

McDonald’s, Purdue University and other partners celebrated the return of the popular McRib sandwich, which will be available through Nov. 20. The sandwich includes a pork patty, homestyle bun, McRib sauce, pickle slices and onions.

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture announced the winners of the 2022 Indiana Agriculture photo contest. The winning photographs will be displayed in the lieutenant governor’s Family of Business offices in Indianapolis.

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch presented Karen Plaut, dean of agriculture at Purdue University, and Gary Truitt, chairman of Hoosier Ag Today and the Indiana Farm Equipment and Technology Expo, with the state’s highest agricultural honor, the AgriVision Award.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana announced that it is awarding $7.9 million for the Kankakee Watershed Initiative led by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and funded by the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and Red Gold recently announced the winners of the 2022 Red Gold Stewardship award. Nick Totzke Farms of Stevensville, Michigan, was selected as the first-place winner, and Wischmeyer Farms LLC of Ottawa, Ohio, received second place.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it is awarding $197 million for 41 locally led conservation projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

Indiana farmers planted an estimated 1.5 million acres of overwinter living covers in the late fall of 2021, matching the record 1.5 million acres planted in 2020, according to the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.

Three Indiana Grown members were presented Small Business of the Year awards from the Indiana Small Business Development Center and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation during Small Business Week.

Drivers should slow down, be alert and stay patient on rural roadways this spring. “During the spring and fall seasons Indiana sees a drastic increase of large farm equipment on our rural roads and highways,” said Doug Carter, Indiana State Police superintendent.

Indiana Farm Bureau celebrated Earth Day by highlighting the importance of natural resources to farmers. From cover crops and manure management to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, Hoosier farmers are providing nutritious food while being good stewards of the land.