The Purdue FNR extension team was named as a recipient of the Family Forests Comprehensive Education Program Award presented by the National... Held on November 12 at the Beck Agricultural Center, the ...

Our research on plants and microbes helps: protect the environment, apply genetic knowledge to improve plants, manage natural resources, control weeds and diagnose plant diseases.

The CropLife-Purdue Precision Agriculture Dealership Survey is the longest-running, continuous measure of precision farming technology adoption, originating in 1996. With each survey, we ask dealers ...

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 ...

After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits and the DNA sequences they hold, plant breeders have been waiting for the next innovation: a system ...

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How food can be grown effectively on a small scale How food can and should be marketed for profit How food utilization can affect the farmer and community How food intersects with the economy and the ...

Agronomy at Purdue University provides global leadership in plant genetics, plant physiology, soil and water sciences, and meteorology to enhance the quality of life through agronomic education that ...

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