USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue met with Hoosier farmers discussing issues currently facing the agriculture community including trade and the coronavirus.

Statewide temperature drops in late April and early May wreaked havoc on the budding, flowering apple trees unable to withstand the cold.

Legislation passed earlier this year allows the organization to create and offer health plans to its members, including sole proprietors.

No Indiana agency documents farm-related non-fatal injuries, but research has shown that about one in every nine Indiana farms has a farm-work-related injury incident that requires medical attention each year, the report said.

With expected high yields this fall, improved crop prices, and a recent rise in exports to China, farmers have a more positive outlook.

Due to the pandemic, farmers across the state called in for a virtual meeting last weekend to discuss what issues should be taken to the Indiana Statehouse.

In a recent multi-stop visit around the Midwest, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue told a group of Indiana farmers it will take billions of dollars on top of what has already been distributed.

Farmers' confidence in their operations held steady in the latest monthly survey from Purdue University.

The Fishers Agri-Park is now open to the public, and its produce will be free to the community.

State and federal officials are urging residents not to plant the seeds or throw them away where they could grow in landfills.