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Dec 5, 2024 | 
farmers-exchange.net | Elise Koning
Michiana's Popular Farm Paper Since 1926
Speakers: Take Time to Refresh Your Ag Passion
Published: Friday, December 6, 2024
The list of challenges on farmers' minds is a long one, from low prices at harvest to funds for machinery repair. That list can grow during winter's short days and cold weather. But two Purdue Farm Stress Team members say it's possible to thrive, not just survive, during winter on the farm.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
striptillfarmer.com | Elise Koning |Michaela Paukner
Farm profitability and environmental stewardship can go hand-in-hand when planting cover crops, according to Purdue University’s Shalamar Armstrong. Armstrong, an associate professor of agronomy at Purdue, recently worked on a multi-year research project to determine how precision planting cereal rye and Balansa clover cover crops could affect nutrient uptake and corn yield.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
hoosieragtoday.com | Elise Koning
In this episode, we’re spotlighting crop insurance and how it can fit in your farm’s risk management strategy. Brian Frieden, director of the Springfield regional office of the USDA’s Risk Management Agency, and Lisa Holscher, director of the Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative (CCSI), discuss how crop insurance rules apply to soil health systems and farmers who are implementing soil health systems or raising organic crops.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
hoosieragtoday.com | Elise Koning
There are plenty of things on the to-do list when we pick up a new farm or field. What do we do first? Do we dive right in and do field work? Or do we take a step back and take some soil tests? On this episode, we’re talking about incorporating new fields and farms into a soil health system. Our guests are Muncie farmer Joe Hamilton and Connersville farmer Andrew Bernzott. Both raise corn and soybeans under a 100% no-till and cover crop system, and Andrew does 100% one-acre grid soil sampling.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
farmers-exchange.net | Elise Koning
Michiana's Popular Farm Paper Since 1926
Manage Harvest Stress with These 6 Tricks
Published: Friday, September 13, 2024
Harvest time can be busy and stressful, but there are ways to stay healthy and injury-free during the season. Abby Heidenreich, a member of Purdue Extension's Farm Stress Team, said that because of this year's long planting season, harvest season will be long, as well.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
covercropstrategies.com | Elise Koning
When Indiana row crop farmer Aaron Krueger planted oats and radishes in 2018, his goal was to stop soil erosion. Because of how the land had been farmed previously, water was running right off the topsoil instead of penetrating the ground. “There was a lot of sheet and rill erosion,” Krueger said. “I got tired of seeing that.”But planting cover crops soon became more than a way to combat erosion: Krueger also saw increased earthworms and porosity, which helps move water and air through the soil.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
news.agropages.com | Elise Koning |Contributing Authors
By Elise KoningFrom planting to harvest, the benefits of precision technology can really add up, says no-tiller Tim Norris of Gambier, Ohio. The Ohio Master Farmer previously owned Ag Info Tech, a precision agriculture company, serving over 800 different farms in Ohio and Pennsylvania. When Norris looks at tech for a planter or sprayer, he sees more than a costly instrument — he sees payoffs on the bottom line. ″Precision ag is one of the keys to our farm's success,″ Norris says.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
no-tillfarmer.com | Elise Koning
From planting to harvest, the benefits of precision technology can really add up, says no-tiller Tim Norris of Gambier, Ohio. The Ohio Master Farmer previously owned Ag Info Tech, a precision agriculture company, serving over 800 different farms in Ohio and Pennsylvania. When Norris looks at tech for a planter or sprayer, he sees more than a costly instrument — he sees payoffs on the bottom line. “Precision ag is one of the keys to our farm's success,” Norris says.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
hoosieragtoday.com | Elise Koning
We’re celebrating the start of a new farmer-to-farmer mentoring program with an episode from the Indiana State Fair. Farm Advisors connects producers who want to learn more about implementing soil health practices with farmers who are currently using those practices. We’re joined by the farmer who spearheaded the program, Jim Moseley, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture from Clarks Hill.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
farmers-exchange.net | Elise Koning
Michiana's Popular Farm Paper Since 1926
Hockemeyer, Tusing, Mosser, Egolf Win at State Fair
Published: Friday, August 16, 2024
Youths from across the state earned coveted purple banners Sunday night at the Indiana State Fair 4-H Supreme Drive. The event showcased more than 100 youths from across the state. Winners in dairy showmanship, meat pen of rabbits, and llamas were recognized.
