The U.S. imports 90% of its seafood from abroad, racking up a $17 billion trade deficit. Global food miles add more to its cost. These miles — traveled from source to point of consumption — contribute ...

Farmer sentiment dipped slightly in December, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropping 3 points to 136. The decline was ...

9:00 - 9:20 AM Check-In Outside Beck Agricultural Center 9:20 - 9:30 AM Brief introduction and plan for the morning Outside Beck Agricultural Center / Trams to Plots & Grain Bins ...

Purdue Agriculture is known around the world for groundbreaking multidisciplinary research that addresses society’s most pressing challenges. Agricultural Research and Graduate Education connects ...

-The Strait of Hormuz closure has driven crude oil above $110/barrel and nitrogen fertilizer prices up more than 30% — a severe shock arriving at the worst possible time for spring planting. -However, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the global food system — from how crops are grown and foods are processed to how supply chains reduce waste and how brands communicate with consumers. As ...

Table 1 shows the average conventional and organic crop yields for alfalfa, corn, oats, soybeans, and winter wheat. The ratio illustrated in the last column of the table was computed by dividing the ...

The Food Safety Human Factor Lab within the Department of Food Science at Purdue University is hosting a webinar series this Summer! This is an annual program organized to provide continual consumer ...

The 2023 Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide, which is available for free download from the Center for Commercial Agriculture website, gives estimated costs for planting, growing and harvesting a ...

Brady Hardiman, associate professor of forestry and natural resources and sustainability engineering and environmental engineering, has been named a 2026 University Faculty Scholar for his research in ...

Purdue University's College of Agriculture leads globally in the science and business of agriculture, food, life, and natural resources, positively changing the world through our unwavering commitment ...

In March 2026, Indiana legislators passed House Enrolled Act 1424 which created new rules (IC 16-42-5.4) for products that can be produced and sold to the direct end consumer. This legislation applies ...