Reagan Koester was 30 minutes into the eight-hour drive from her internship in Iowa to her parents’ home in Wadesville, ...

A dry season can be devastating to harvests, putting both farmers' livelihoods and communities' food security at risk.

A new report released by Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National ...

As families across the country begin planning Thanksgiving gatherings, a familiar question looms: how much will this year’s meal cost? While traditions remain constant—the perfectly roasted turkey, ...

After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits and the DNA sequences they ...

Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Figure 1. Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, October 2015-September 2025. Figure 2. Indices of Current Conditions and ...

As the first month of the fall semester comes to an end, many students are already beginning their search for summer 2026 internships. Internships are important for students to gain hands-on ...

The U.S. soybean harvest began in September without any orders from the world’s largest buyer: China. American producers are harvesting a crop the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates at ...

Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Figure 3. Farm Capital Investment Index, October 2015-August 2025. Figure 4. Farm Financial Performance Index, January ...

Fernanda da Cunha has been appointed to the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She holds a bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Federal ...

Meat is an important source of proteins and micronutrients in human diets. As a more expensive food source than grains, meat has experienced an increase in per capita consumption along with rising ...

Indiana farmland prices have continued the trend of record highs in 2025, according to the latest Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rents Survey results. The survey is conducted out of the Purdue ...