The Spring 2026 Indiana Farm Income Outlook, published by the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF), provides updated projections for Indiana farm profitability through 2027. The report ...

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 ...

Heather Neave researches animal welfare, a field focused on understanding what practices can improve the lives of animals on ...

Every morning, Barry Pittendrigh, Purdue’s John V. Osmun Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology and Director of the Urban Center, ...

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 ...

-Unlike a drought or crop disease, the current shock originates in geopolitics, spills into energy markets and propagates through every link of the food supply chain at once — transportation, ...

Approximately 18% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were better off in March than they were a year ago. Looking ahead 12 months, 18% expected worse financial performance, compared to ...

There were more than 1,000 crashes involving vehicles equipped with automated driving systems or Level 2 advanced driver ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Economic uncertainty, shifting trade policies and questions surrounding the future of the U.S. farm bill are among the key focus areas that experts in Purdue University’s ...

This article examines trends in three key areas of the agricultural credit markets: interest rates, loan supply and demand, and non-performing loans. We examine data obtained from the Federal Reserve ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Seven U.S. grain dust explosions in 2025 caused 10 injuries and four fatalities, according to a nationwide annual summary. The number of explosions is slightly below the 10-year ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Department of Agricultural Economics will host Mary Kay Thatcher, agricultural policy expert and farm bill specialist, as the guest speaker for the 2026 ...