After increasing by 9.1% in 2024, current U.S. farm debt is expected to increase 3.8% in 2025 (USDA-ERS, 2026). Current debt includes operating loans and principal payments related to machinery, ...

Autonomous farm machinery is advancing quickly — but is it ready to pencil out on commercial grain farms? Autonomous machinery continues to draw attention as a potential solution to labor constraints ...

A Purdue University team led by Kyle Cottrell has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer. “Triple-negative ...

The Purdue Hemp Team is composed of faculty, Extension educators, and farm professionals that provide research-based information to produce hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in the 21 st century. Our goal is ...

Planting seeds of innovation and discovery for plant sciences since 1887.

Purdue’s Agricultural Economics Department covers a wide array of issues from development, trade, macroeconomics policy implications, agribusiness, production and consumption all the way to ...

This year's program spotlights four exceptional young alumni who will share their unique journeys as part of "The People of Purdue Agriculture".Through their reflections, they will highlight the ...

Dr. George Throckmorton donated the property in 1935 in memory of his father, Edmund. It was was named the “Edmund Throckmorton Farm Memorial.” In the late 1990s, horticultural and specialty crop ...

A Purdue University team led by Kyle Cottrell has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer.

They’re microscopic. But they have the potential to help address food insecurity and environmental degradation. We’re talking ...

For some people at Purdue, he is known as a horse expert, a respected colleague who listens, a professor who cares. To others, he has been an encouraging voice that led them to expand their horizons ...

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 ...