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 ...

Xiaomeng Liu, a computer engineer and postdoctoral scholar for the AAPF and Institute for Plant Sciences, has built a computer algorithm to use 2D ...

Know your numbers before making your next big decision. Understand the essentials—balance sheets, profitability analysis, and performance benchmarks—to help you evaluate your operation’s financial ...

The Ag Economy Barometer project provides a sense of the health of the agriculture economy monthly. The index is developed through a survey of producers. Below you can find the historical indices for ...

Dr. Todd Kuethe join Purdue faculty in 2019 as Associate Professor and Schrader Endowed Chair in Farmland Economics. Kuethe, who earned his PhD in agricultural economics from the department in 2009, ...

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

The U.S. soybean harvest began in September without any orders from the world’s largest buyer: China. American producers are harvesting a crop the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates at ...

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 ...

State-wide average farmland prices once again hit a new record in 2025, according to the recent Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rent Survey. The average price of top quality farmland is $14,826, up 3.0 ...

Indiana farmland prices have continued the trend of record highs in 2025, according to the latest Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rents Survey results. The survey is conducted out of the Purdue ...

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 ...