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  • Indiana farm groups want Congress to green light NAFTA replacement. Here's why.

    Aug 27, 2019, 15:39 PM by Alexandra Burris, Indianapolis Star
    Passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) would stabilize two of Indiana's biggest export markets and bring relief to Hoosier farmers according to Bob White, INFB's director of government relations.
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  • Indiana Grown: Indiana Farm Bureau

    Aug 10, 2019, 10:17 AM by Staff Reports, WISH-TV 8
    Indiana Farm Bureau 2nd VP Isabella Chism visited WISH-TV 8's Daybreak studios to promote INFB's A Taste From Indiana Farms. "Taste," which runs Tuesday, Aug. 13 through Thursday, Aug. 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Building at the Indiana State Fair, is a free event that highlights 10 agricultural commodities from across the state.
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  • Indiana farmers say trade war causing harm

    Aug 9, 2019, 15:21 PM by Alexandra Burris, Indianapolis Star | USA Today Network
    Two of the farmers affected by the U.S.-China trade war are Indiana Farm Bureau members John Hardin and Brent Bible. Hardin has a hog operation. Both grow soybeans. They, and INFB national government relations director Bob White outline the negative impact of recent developments.
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  • Farmers' financial futures in question after delayed planting this spring

    Jul 24, 2019, 14:30 PM by Brock Turner, WBAA
    Bob White of Indiana Farm Bureau is worried about the financial impact that delayed spring planting and reduced global markets are having on younger Hoosier farmers.
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  • Indiana brewery helps Indiana Farm Bureau celebrate 100 years

    Jul 24, 2019, 00:00 AM by Andy Eubank, Hoosier Ag Today
    Indiana Farm Bureau's chief marketing director Debra DeCourcy and Chris Johnson, president and co-owner of People Brewing Company, talk about 100th Harvest, their organizations' craft beer collaboration made with ingredients from INFB members and Indiana growers, RJ Honey, Sugar Creek Malt Company and Pines Farm Hops Farm. The beer was created to mark the organization's 100th anniversary and will launch at the Indiana State Fair Beer Garden.
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  • Holcomb requests USDA designate 88 counties agricultural disaster areas

    Jul 15, 2019, 00:00 AM by Samantha Horton, Indiana Public Media
    Randy Kron, INFB president, is pleased that Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb sent an agricultural disaster designation request to USDA Secretary Perdue. The request includes 88 counties, which were affected by this spring’s historically wet planting season.
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  • Farmers brace for summer of volatile grain prices

    Jul 9, 2019, 10:33 AM by Brock Turner, Indiana Public Media
    What's the next challenge for Hoosier grain farmers this year? According to INFB national government relations director Bob White, it's market sensitivity.
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  • Spring's grip on farmers: what we know and where we go from here

    Jun 26, 2019, 00:00 AM by Brock Turner, Indiana Public Media
    Father and son Indiana Farm Bureau members Brian and Ben Thompson of Jackson County and INFB's national government relations director Bob White share their perspectives on the impact of the spring rains and the struggle with what to do next.
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  • IN Farm Bureau opening doors for its members in DC

    Jun 23, 2019, 09:18 AM by Andy Eubank, Hoosier Ag Today
    Indiana Farm Bureau county leaders Nicole Branham, Virgil Bremer, Beth Gormong and Craig Wood talk with Andy Eubank of Hoosier Ag Today on a special Newsmakers podcast about their experiences and takeaways from INFB's June Leader Trip to D.C.
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  • Amid rainy spring, farmers adapt

    Jun 20, 2019, 15:57 PM by Larry Clemens, The Nature Conservancy and Randy Kron, INFB
    INFB president Randy Kron and Indiana state director of The Nature Conservancy Larry go behind the current soggy scene facing Indiana farmers to outline the organizations' ongoing efforts to help farmers take advantage of conservation opportunities.
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  • Today’s Indiana Farm Bureau consists of people in action

    Jun 20, 2019, 15:32 PM by Tom J. Bechman, Indiana Prairie Farmer
    After 100 years, Indiana Farm Bureau still depends on strong leadership and a dedicated staff to keep information flowing from county Farm Bureaus to the state organization and vice versa. Meet the current INFB leadership and field staff who help make that happen.
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  • Wet spring impacts Hoosier farmers, small businesses

    Jun 15, 2019, 11:50 AM by Alex Weliever, HJ Intern
    As a seed farmer and president of the White County Farm Bureau, Jeff Demerly knows full well the impact that heavy rains have had on Indiana corn growers. Still he's hopeful that even though planting season has been challenging, the growing season will help turn things around.
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  • Culp appointed to Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade

    Jun 12, 2019, 11:00 AM by Amie Simpson, Brownfield Ag News
    Kendell Culp, vice president of Indiana Farm Bureau, is looking forward to representing farmers during his four-year term on the agricultural technical advisory committee for trade in grains, feed, oilseeds, and planting seeds. Culp was one of the 140 private-sector members appointed to one of the six Agricultural Technical Committees for Trade and the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade. The committees are managed by both the USDA and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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  • Farmers still have hope

    Jun 7, 2019, 10:23 AM by Amy Smelser, Chonicle-Tribune
    As INFB president Randy Kron delves into the grim immediate and long-term impact of persistent rains on Indiana farmers and rural communities, he notes the characteristic optimism he and other farmers possess.
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  • Mexico trade tariffs could harm Hoosier businesses and consumers

    Jun 4, 2019, 16:52 PM by Abraham Hunt, The StatehouseFile.com
    Bob White, director of national government relations at Indiana Farm Bureau, weighs in on the potential consequences of a trade war with Mexico, Indiana’s second largest trade partner. These include increased costs for Hoosier consumers and farmers, damaged soybean and corn relationships, as well as jeopardizing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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  • Wet weather causes planting delays for Southern Indiana farmers

    Jun 4, 2019, 16:43 PM by Brook McAfee, News and Tribune
    Indiana Farm Bureau members Adam Allgeier and Terry Vissing of Clark County share the unprecedented challenges they are facing this much delayed planting season. Molly Zentz, INFB senior public relations manager highlights weather-related options available to farmers including filing claims with their insurance companies and assistance from the USDA's Market Facilitation Program.
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  • Here's how the U.S.-China trade war affects Indiana

    May 15, 2019, 10:13 AM by Alexandra Burris, Indy Star
    Indiana's agriculture community is feeling the impact of the administration's imposition of tariffs on China, one of the state's biggest export markets. Bob White, Indiana Farm Bureau's director of national government relations believes the damage is long-term with the possibility that the markets - particularly soybean - never come back.
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  • Ind. Farm Bureau pleased with legislative session

    Apr 30, 2019, 11:26 AM by Diego Flammini, Farms.com
    Indiana Farm Bureau's director of state government relations Justin Schneider shares how a few of INFB's legislative priorities progressed during the 2019, including extraterritorial jurisdiction, rural broadband connectivity and hemp production.
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  • Indiana Farm Bureau highlights legislative successes

    Apr 30, 2019, 10:45 AM by Greensburg Daily News
    Indiana Farm Bureau public policy staff, Katrina Hall and Justin Schneider, review the 2019 legislative session and highlight the positive outcomes for agriculture and rural communities.
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  • USMCA before China? Not necessarily

    Apr 26, 2019, 16:14 PM by Eric Pfieffer, Hoosier Ag Today
    Bob White, INFB's director for national government relations, would like to see trade with China reopened and the USMCA trade agreements ratified in 2019.
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