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Apr 30, 2018, 19:51 PM
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Nicole Krasean, WTWO
Vigo County Farm Bureau president Marty Evans and member Brad Burbrink provide valuable safety tips for drivers sharing the road with farmers and their equipment this planting season.
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Apr 18, 2018, 09:34 AM
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Brian Slodysko, AP
An Indiana Farm Bureau staffer--national government relations director Bob White--and leadership volunteer--State Young Farmer Committee representative and Shelby County corn soybean farmer Andy Fix--voice their concerns about the impact a tariff war could have on individual farmers and the Indiana economy.
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Apr 17, 2018, 15:57 PM
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AgriNews
Five county Farm Bureaus will be able to expand or create local programs or events, thanks to Indiana Farm Bureau program development grants. Farm Bureaus in Rush, Jay, Decatur, Clinton and Pulaski will utilize funding to: provide grain bin safety education; develop an after-school healthy cooking club; support Farmers Feeding the Flock; re-invigorate a 4-H goat club and launch a life cycle of a chicken school-based program, respectively.
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Apr 13, 2018, 12:00 PM
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Barbara Brosher
According to director of national government relations Bob White, Indiana Farm Bureau is encouraged by the Trump administration's decision to rethink its position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and is hopeful about what it could mean for Hoosier farmers.
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Apr 12, 2018, 16:06 PM
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Samantha Horton
Bob White of Indiana Farm Bureau explains farmers' concerns about the effect that heavy precipitation and colder temperatures is having on the spring planting.
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Apr 3, 2018, 18:03 PM
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Nicole Krasean, WAWV
Indiana grain and cattle farmer and Farm Bureau member Terry Hayhurst of Hayhurst Farms shares his perspective on the current trade war between the U.S. and China.
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Apr 2, 2018, 15:46 PM
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Eric Berman, WIBC
Indiana Farm Bureau's Bob White, director of national governmenl relations, shares his concerns about China's announced tariff on U.S. pork and the potential damage future tariffs could have on other Indiana farm products.
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Mar 30, 2018, 13:42 PM
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Hoosier Ag Today
Katrina Hall of Indiana Farm Bureau was one of four 2018 Purdue University Department of Agriculture Economics APEX honorees.
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Mar 29, 2018, 13:29 PM
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Abdul Hakim-Shabazz, Indy Politics
State government relations director for INFB Justin Schneider outlines how Indiana farmers are affected by recent state and national decisions.
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Mar 27, 2018, 20:00 PM
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Cody Mattox, WTWO
Indiana Farm Bureau's Spring Market Basket Survey estimates that family meals will cost less than $5 a person this season. The biggest contributing factor was the decrease in milk prices. That good news was couched in a request by Isabella Chism, INFB second vice president, for Hoosiers to buy dairy products to support farmers as they face milk surplus, low price and buyer challenges.
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Mar 26, 2018, 22:00 PM
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Katie Heinz, Katie Cox, RTV6
Henry County farmer Aaron Chalfant speaks about the potential negative impact of tariffs on Indiana farm products. Chalfant is chairman of the Indiana Farm Bureau State Young Farmer Committee.
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Mar 26, 2018, 08:00 AM
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Eric Pfeiffer, Hoosier Ag Today
Indiana Farm Bureau and ISDA officials, concerned by Dean Foods termination of contracts with 27 dairy farms, examine both short-term options and long-term solutions.
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Mar 21, 2018, 12:00 PM
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Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune
At their annual Ag Day celebration, Lake County Farm Bureau and Purdue Extension volunteers taught urban and suburban schoolchildren about farming and agriculture related products.
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Mar 20, 2018, 15:45 PM
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KPC Media Group Inc.
Indiana Farm Bureau highlights agriculture's significant impact on the state, nation and world in recognition of National Ag Day.
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Mar 19, 2018, 10:00 AM
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Erica Quinlan, AgriNews Publications
President Randy Kron and director of state government relations Justin Schneider of Indiana Farm Bureau view the Indiana legislature’s passage of House Enrolled Act 1065, as demonstration of the state's commitment to one of the organization's top public policy priorities: rural broadband.
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Mar 19, 2018, 09:18 AM
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Morning AgClips
INFB president Randy Kron and director of public policy Katrina Hall commend Farm Bureau members for their tireless efforts to further ag and rural friendly legislation during the 2018 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
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Mar 16, 2018, 10:00 AM
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KP Media Group, Inc.
Indiana Farm Bureau credits member involvement and advocacy in advancing action on rural internet access and other agriculture related issues during the 2018 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
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Mar 13, 2018, 10:50 AM
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Hoosier Ag Today
Twelve Indiana Farm Bureau volunteers and two county Farm Bureau programs were recognized at the organization's 2018 Spring Conference for advancing agricultural literacy in their local schools and communities. Marlene Fudge of Rush County was named the Ag in the Classroom Volunteer of the Year.
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Mar 6, 2018, 08:00 AM
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Justin Schneider, Public Policy Team
State government relations director Justin Schneider's editorial in The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette outlines the reasons why protecting livestock farmers and their operations is a priority for Indiana Farm Bureau.
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Mar 2, 2018, 14:00 PM
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Kaitlin L Lange and Sarah Bowman, IndyStar
Justin Schneider, state government relations director for Indiana Farm Bureau, doesn’t view the changing of HB1137 into a study committee as the end of legalization of industrial hemp in Indiana, but as a delay. He still sees opportunity for legalization to create jobs for farmers and others wanting to make hemp-based products.
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