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

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

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 ...

Welcome to Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Extension! Our extension specialists provide science-based and timely information to homeowners, growers, and green industry organizations throughout ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a series of pages that identify the major forage grass and legume species of Indiana and the North Central States. Digitized photos and descriptions of the species characteristics are included ...

Large swarms of honey bees that suddenly appear on homes, bushes or in yards sometimes send people into shock. This is because a swarm may contain several hundred to several thousand bees that people ...

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