That pollution can fuel toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie — threatening the drinking water for at least 11 million people.

A Monroe County farmer recently patented a unique variety of hops, one of the main ingredients in beer, that he says could revolutionize the state’s hop industry.

Although experts maintain the region could be a strong aquaculture producer, the number of aquaculture farms in the Midwest has fallen to roughly 271 from 336 a decade ago.

Unpredictable temperatures are viewed as typical Indiana weather. But one organization studies how climate and other seasonal changes affect Hoosier farmers, businesses, and marginalized communities.

Snow on one day followed by summer-type temperatures the next may be seen as typical Indiana weather. But one organization studies how climate and other seasonal changes affect the state.

Indiana is among over 30 states experiencing an outbreak of avian bird flu -- but what does that mean for residential bird feeders?

The spread of a bird flu that is deadly to poultry raises the grisly question of how farms manage to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys.

Laboratory testing of a commercial duck flock in Elkhart County has come back as presumptively positive avian influenza. So far this year, the virus has been confirmed in 24 states affecting chickens and turkeys.

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 strain of avian flu has been found at a third commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, state officials said Thursday.