Farmer sentiment dropped again in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) Index declined from 119 ...

Meadow Lane Farms is a family-operated wean-to-finish swine operation focused on animal welfare, efficiency, and continuous improvement. We take pride in maintaining a clean, well-run facility and ...

Indiana is one of the major watermelon and cantaloupe producing states. Variety selection based on yield, disease resistance, and fruit quality are some of the critical decisions in production.

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 ...

It’s a field she knows well, a field she has run up and down countless times. Now she is learning how to care for it through the lens of a turf manager, rather than an athlete. Bailey Arbic, a junior ...

Land plants have spent nearly half a billion years honing a vast array of metabolic skills that help them survive an onslaught of ecological ...

Where all of the earth’s raw agricultural products are utilized for nourishing every human being. Imagine turning those raw agricultural products into safe, shelf-stable, great tasting foods and ...

Farmer sentiment dipped slightly in December, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropping 3 points to 136. The decline was ...

Cladosporium leaf spot-lesions are often round. Sporulation may be observed with a 10X hand lens. The outbreak in these photos was in a high tunnel. Downy mildew-not a common disease in Indiana. Look ...

Hessian fly may pose a serious threat to wheat, barley, and rye, with wheat being the preferred host. Hessian fly passes the winter as a full-grown maggot within a brown protective case known as a ...

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Plant scientists play an important role in maintaining the nation’s food supply by ensuring agricultural productivity and food safety. These scientists study farm crops and develop ways to improve ...