After decades of growth, an Agave plant flowers once—sending up a towering stalk before completing its life cycle. This rare event is unfolding right now in Purdue’s Botany and Plant Pathology ...

Only 12% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were better off in June than they had been a year ago. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, 22% of respondents expect their farms to be ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Scientists have discovered an evolutionary innovation in soybean plants that might improve crop yields if fine-tuned through alternative approaches such as gene editing, ...

Ken Foster, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director, Purdue Farm Policy Study Group; Bernhard Dalheimer, Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics and Trade The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...

-The March 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, released April 10 th by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows the all items CPI rising 0.9 percent for the month on a seasonally adjusted basis, and ...

-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, ...

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 ...

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a large and sudden negative impact on the national labor market. In the United States, within a year from the beginning of the pandemic, most economic ...

-Mid-March data collection window — a critical caveat: The PPI survey is conducted on the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th. March prices, therefore, reflect conditions as of approximately March ...

The Purdue Dairy Research and Education Center is seeking qualified students to fill a part-time position. Our goal is to provide quality research while offering educational opportunities to students ...

Only 14% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were better off in May than they had been a year ago. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, 22% of respondents expect their farm to be ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue’s Department of Agronomy has acquired the KenAvis soybean germplasm collection, a rare reservoir of underexploited genetic diversity, from Purdue alumnus Bob Taylor. The ...