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Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi appointed head of Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Pascuzzi, a botany and plant pathology professor, has been named head of Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and ...
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2023 Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide

The 2023 Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide, which is available for free download from the Center for Commercial Agriculture website, gives estimated costs for planting, growing and harvesting a ...
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Protein modification discovery opens cancer therapy possibilities

A research team led by Purdue University’s W. Andy Tao has discovered of a new type of protein modification related to cellular mutation that impairs a crucial enzyme’s ability to help drive energy ...
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Grain dust explosion incidents decrease, fatalities increase

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 ...
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Farmer Sentiment Rebounds, but Future Expectations Continue to Slide

Figure 2. Indices of Current Conditions and Future Expectations, October 2015-February 2026. Approximately 44% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were worse off in February than they ...
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Food insecurity in the United States increased in 2025

This Data Snapshot charts household food insecurity from January 2022 through November 2025. Food insecurity was highest in 2022 and 2023, when inflation reached historical highs and food inflation ...
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U.S. and Brazil Soybean Competitiveness: Farm-Level Costs and Returns

Brazil’s rise as a dominant force in global soybean markets has become a central concern for U.S. producers. In the January 2026 Purdue University Ag Economy Barometer survey, 44% of U.S. farmers ...
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Digital forestry team combines AI with satellite data to monitor urban trees

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on public and private lands with record-breaking speed at ...
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USDA’s First Forecast of the 2026 U.S. Farm Balance Sheet

Last week, the USDA ERS Farm Income Team released the first Farm Income and Wealth Statistics update of 2026. The data provides us with the first opportunity to evaluate US farm balance sheet trends ...
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Farmer Sentiment Drops Sharply at the Start of 2026 as Economic Concerns Increase

Farmer sentiment weakened sharply in January as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) Index dropped from 136 in December 2025 to 113 in January 2026 (see Figure 1). The Current ...
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Consumer Food Insights survey assesses 2025 grocery spending

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Consumers made substantial changes to their grocery shopping in 2025, largely driven by economic pressures, according to the December Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI). The ...
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Farmer Sentiment Drifts Lower As Trade Uncertainty Hangs Over Agriculture

Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture Figure 1. Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, October 2015-December 2025. Figure 2. Indices of Current Conditions and ...