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Nitrous oxide isn’t just “laughing gas” — it’s also a greenhouse gas that’s more than 200 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Corn farmers in Indiana and the rest of the U.S. use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on their fields — which releases nitrous oxide.

The hellbender is the largest salamander in the U.S., known for the wrinkly skin on its sides. Because it gets oxygen to breathe directly from the water, it’s very sensitive to pollution like runoff from farm fields.

Fertilizer that runs off farm fields can fuel cyanobacterial blooms on lakes and rivers. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack estimated 28% of U.S. cropland is over-fertilized.

According to an official with the Michigan Farm Bureau, since January, 2021, prices for fertilizers have doubled and in some cases tripled.

Crop losses in Indiana due to drought and excess rain cost taxpayers and farmers more than $3 billion in crop insurance payouts since 1995. That’s...

The skyrocketing cost and limited supply of fertilizer, combined with increases in other input costs continues to concern farmers according to the latest…

American farmers are less confident about current and future conditions than they were a month ago, according to the September Ag Economy Barometer…

Today we talk about efforts to get farmers to promote the COVID-19 vaccine in their communities.We also learn about a new fine arts fair coming to…

The Indiana Farm Bureau this week announced a new, streamlined process for farmers to get kill or “take” permits for black vultures that have been preying…

A bipartisan climate bill sponsored by Indiana and Michigan legislators passed the U.S. Senate Thursday. The Growing Climate Solutions Act would establish…