The Office of Indiana State Chemist offers to test seed for purity and germination, but only charges about half as much as what private companies do. Officials with the agency say that makes it harder for them to provide that service.

A local farmer is taking an innovative approach to growing vegetables and fulfilling his grandfathers wish for him.

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.

More than 70,000 members of the National FFA are expected to attend the organization's four-day convention in Indianapolis this week.

According the United States Department of Agriculture, 67 percent of Indianas corn crop was in the ground as of June 9. That compares with nearly all at this time last year.