agriculture

A Purdue University agricultural economist says wind turbines are lucrative for farmers but politics, aesthetics and relationships with neighbors also drive decisions on whether to lease.

After receiving the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission's unfavorable recommendation Tuesday, the rezoning request needed for a data center near New Carlisle goes to the county council for a final vote Sept. 23.

The St. Joseph County Area Plan staff has given no recommendation, meaning neither favorable nor unfavorable, to a request to rezone over 1,000 acres along scenic Chicago Trail from agricultural to industrial.

Dutch Creek Farm Animal Park will reopen to the public on May 1st after a legal dispute over multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen is growing fresh produce right on campus, thanks to its expanding farm-to-school program.

Most of the loss has come to residential development on the fringes of urban areas but recent proposals for new data centers and solar farms have highlighted the issue in Michiana

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act has already passed the House, but it faces an unclear future in the U.S. Senate.

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is a contagious virus that can be spread in various ways — though health authorities say the risk to humans is low. Tens of thousands of domestic birds have been euthanized this year in Michigan.

Farmers and analysts say that so far this year’s harvest appears average throughout the state.

Mark Seib, his brother Wayne, and nephews Carl and Matthew recently completed two years of planning a line of succession for the family farm — Seib farms in Poseyville, Indiana.