By TIM LANDIS A farm economist who in January warned that 2008 could be the worst year ever for the nation's hog farmers is calling a more than 65 percent increase in pork prices since mid-March something of a "miracle." Export demand, especially from China, a weak dollar that makes U.S.

By Zach Spicer, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind. Feb. 20--BROWNSTOWN -- Farming and agriculture are just as much a business as they are a way of life. There's the supply and demand aspect, the fluctuation of prices and the changes in the economy, among other things.

By O'Malley, Chris The list of potential Hoosier ethanol plants is nothing short of astounding for a state that had just one ethanol-fuel distillery as recently as 2005. Beyond the six ethanol plants now operating and six others under construction, Purdue University agricultural.

By Bob Caylor, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Jan. 17--Ethanol is no flash in the pan, and it's only part of the reason commodity prices are booming, with more growth on the horizon, a Purdue University economist said Wednesday at the Fort Wayne Farm Show.

By O'Malley, Chris The ethanol gold rush sweeping Indiana and other states that grow its prime ingredient, corn, is threatening profit margins for livestock producers and portends higher prices at the supermarket.