The Applications & Solutions in Digital Forestry International Conference was held June 3-5, 2026 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. This one-of-a-kind event brought together nearly 200 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Scientists have discovered an evolutionary innovation in soybean plants that might improve crop yields if fine-tuned through alternative approaches such as gene editing, ...

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 ...

-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, ...

-Mid-March data collection window — a critical caveat: The PPI survey is conducted on the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th. March prices, therefore, reflect conditions as of approximately March ...

-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, ...

Ken Foster, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director, Purdue Farm Policy Study Group; Bernhard Dalheimer, Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics and Trade The April CPI release is the most ...

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 ...