Agricultural Research and Graduate Education

Purdue Agriculture is known around the world for groundbreaking multidisciplinary research that addresses society’s most pressing challenges. Agricultural Research and Graduate Education connects researchers with opportunity to enable world-changing discoveries in agriculture and life sciences.

Agricultural Administration Building, Room 105
615 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-8362
agresearch@purdue.edu

Graduate Spotlight

Graduate Spotlight

Natalie Allen
Natalie Allen - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

Growing up in lush northern Florida, Natalie Allen spent much of her childhood outdoors, catching lizards, collecting cicada exoskeletons and digging up crabs. She admits that some of her fondest memories may cause others to go “Ick!”...

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Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

Jingxian An
Jingxian An - Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

Jingxian An has always been interested in the science of what people eat and drink, whether pharmaceuticals, alcohol or food. As an undergraduate and master’s student in pharmacy, she studied traditional Chinese medicine. Her master’s...

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Behind the Research

Behind the Research

Kelsey Budreau
Behind the Research: Kelsey Budreau

The Department of Food Science’s Pilot Plant is a 9,500-square-foot facility with millions of dollars of food processing equipment. Some is brand-new, programmable, automated, with microprocessors and shiny screens. Other machines are so old...

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Elements

Elements is a new faculty reporting tool for all West Lafayette campus for administering annual reviews. It is led by the Provost’s office, managed by Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment (IDA+A), and shared across all colleges and schools.

Elements
plant in phenotyping chamber

INSTITUTE FOR PLANT SCIENCES

Purdue’s bold investments in plant sciences have made it a global leader, transforming agriculture in Indiana and beyond.

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aerial shot of harvest at ACRE

Purdue On the Farm

Purdue On The Farm strengthens ties between Purdue researchers and Indiana farmers through direct, hands-on engagement.

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RESEARCH NEWS

Almonds growing in trees.
A food safety success story: California almonds

Han Chen, a postdoctoral scholar in Feng’s lab, has worked with the California Almond Board...

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Ag Barometer
Farmer sentiment slips again as high input costs remain top concern

Farmer sentiment declined slightly in May as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer...

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Hinayah Rojas and members of her lab
Your next burger might be thanks to a dairy cow

Even if you don’t know much about beef or dairy production, if you imagine a ranch or a...

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Professor Katy Rainey examines plants grown from the KenAvis soybean germplasm collection with breeder Bob Taylor.
Purdue acquires soybean germplasm with unique yield traits

Purdue’s Department of Agronomy has acquired the KenAvis soybean germplasm collection.

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To-chia poses in a rice paddy field wearing big rubber boots and a bucket hat
Using process-based modeling and high-throughput phenotyping data to predict how plants will grow

To-Chia Ting, a postdoctoral scholar in agronomy, studies new approaches to predict plant...

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Ag Barometer
Farmer sentiment declines in April amid input costs and availability concerns

Farmer sentiment fell in April as concerns about rising input costs, tighter availability and...

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