While the organization’s headquarters are in Indy, there were concerns its biggest event of the year might outgrow the city.

Previous attempts to legalize the plant have failed in the Senate because some lawmakers thought it was tantamount to condoning marijuana, which is still illegal nationally.

So far only one genetically modified animal, a type of salmon, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Indiana has about 65,000 jobs in the ag bioscience sector – a field worth about $16 billion annually to the state’s economy.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently re-approved its use for dicamba resistant soybean and cotton crops. Last year, a coalition of farmers and environmentalists filed a lawsuit against the EPA for approving the weedkiller.

Last month, President Donald Trump announced the new USMCA trade deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

At issue is a part of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which only allows land cultivated before 2007 to grow corn and soybeans for biofuels.

Farmers preparing for next year’s market may see a bleak future, as 2019 doesn’t forecast profitability at the moment.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke with students and stopped by various booths focused on the marriage of agriculture and technology.