Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman (center) talks with John Gilbert (left) and his father, Jim, after she announced the new Indiana Department of Agriculture on Tuesday in Brookston. (Photo by Tom Leininger, Journal and Courier)
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman (center) talks with John Gilbert (left) and his father, Jim, after she announced the new Indiana Department of Agriculture on Tuesday in Brookston. (Photo by Tom Leininger, Journal and Courier)
By Dan Shaw, Journal and Courier

BROOKSTON -- Doubling hog production in Indiana, building ethanol and biodiesel plants and working with Purdue University to develop new agricultural products are all goals of the new Indiana Department of Agriculture.