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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — NASA’s new generation of Artemis missions will take humanity back to the moon and beyond. Marshall Porterfield, professor of biological engineering and space biophysics at ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

-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, ...

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 ...

Purdue University researchers have developed a novel, patent-pending process to synthesize soybean-based biokerosene that can be blended for use in cold-weather biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel ...

Brazil’s expansion in corn production over the last decade has made the country a more important competitor in global corn markets, increasing competitive pressure for U.S. producers. Although the ...

Somali Chaterji, associate professor in Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) and the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has ...

Only 15% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were better off in April than they had been a year ago. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, 28% expected worse financial performance, ...