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Nov 30, 2016, 13:31 PM by Jonathan Korty

Media representatives are invited to attend the Indiana Farm Bureau state convention, Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 8-10. Most of the activities will be at the Grand Wayne Convention Center. A full schedule of events is available on the convention website, www.infb.org/convention. An app with the most up-to-date information is available for download at www.infb.org/convention/app. A number of meal tickets for convention meals have been reserved for media. Please check in at Jefferson B. Interview and work areas will be available for reporters there.

Nov 21, 2016, 10:51 AM by Public Relations Team

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Dallas and Meggie Foster have a farrow-to-finish operation and raise nearly 1,300 acres of corn and soybeans.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:54 AM by Public Relations Team

Featured on pages 4 and 5 of this issue are the winners and runners-up in two of Indiana Farm Bureau’s most prestigious awards: the Young Farmer Achievement and Excellence in Agriculture awards.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:53 AM by Jay A. Wood, INFB Marketing Team

Eleven times between 1965 and 2014, Congress passed giant measures supporting an array of agriculture and nutrition-related programs. That legislation, which recurs approximately every four to six years, is known colloquially as the “farm bill.”

Nov 21, 2016, 07:52 AM by AFBF Communications Department

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Nov 21, 2016, 07:51 AM by AFBF Communications Department

The Department of Transportation’s proposal to require speed limiters for large commercial vehicles fails to take into account the fact that many commercial vehicles often cover hundreds of miles on open roads with few other vehicles, Farm Bureau pointed out in recently submitted comments.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:50 AM by Kathleen M. Dutro, INFB Marketing Team

For the first time since 2011, Indiana Farm Bureau has exceeded last year’s total in overall membership.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:49 AM by Jay A. Wood, INFB Marketing Team

In an effort to boost engagement in the political process this fall, INFB launched an iFarmiVote campaign designed to motivate members about the 2016 general election. INFB captured 60 photos of members holding their iFarmiVote yard sign. Other members changed their Facebook profile pictures to the campaign logo.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:43 AM by Public Relations Team

Commercial and private growers can learn more about production practices, pest and disease control, agritourism, food safety and other topics at the annual Indiana Horticultural Congress and Trade Show.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:41 AM by AFBF Communications Department

The American Farm Bureau Federation has joined a coalition of small business groups urging Congress to provide relief to rural communities when it comes to health insurance.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:40 AM by Purdue Ag Communication Service

A global ban on genetically modified crops would raise food prices and add the equivalent of nearly a billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, a study by researchers from Purdue University shows.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:39 AM by AFBF Communications Department

The farm bill authorizes several USDA programs that create export opportunities and generate demand for U.S. agricultural products and commodities in foreign markets.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:37 AM by Brittany Gonzalez

It takes a minimum of 218 votes for a bill to pass the U.S. House of Representatives, and an analysis of the nation’s major crop-growing regions demonstrates that compiling those votes requires compromise among the various commodity interests.

Nov 21, 2016, 07:36 AM by Kathleen M. Dutro, INFB Marketing Team

Food assistance has been connected to farm policy since the very first farm bill passed in 1933. The Agriculture & Consumer Protection Act of was the first time food assistance was included in the farm bill.