The dairy farm has been the subject of a lawsuit between the county and the Hoosier Environmental Council since September.

The rules made it harder for farmers to put large amounts of antibiotics in livestock feed or water without going through a veterinarian.

Farmers are worried the partial federal government shutdown might further delay a proposal to allow gasoline with 15 percent ethanol to be sold year-round.

Some of the priorities this session include rural school funding, insuring deployment of expanded broadband, tax values, hemp, confined feeding and township government.

One multi-state lawsuit, led by Indiana, challenged a law approved by Massachusetts voters in 2016 that requires minimum living spaces for pigs and calves and also mandates that all eggs come from cage-free hens by 2022.

Four years ago, Indiana farms made a total of about $3 billion. The past three years though, that average has dropped by more than half.

The Farm Service Agency is the office that processes payments. Local offices are closing Friday because of the partial government shutdown.

The 2018 Farm Bill President Donald Trump signed on Thursday keeps many conservation programs intact and increases funding available for farm conservation in the Great Lakes region.

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.