Agronomy Extension

What We Do

The mission of the Purdue Agronomy Extension group is to develop, integrate, and extend agronomic information and technology that is timely and relevant to the agricultural and environmental concerns of our multifaceted clientele from Indiana, the nation, and the international community.

 

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Contact Us

Agronomy Extension
915 W State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-4783

   

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purdue pest & crop newsletter 

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Pest&Crop newsletter provides timely field crops information on pest problems, crop development issues, and weather events.  

Pest&Crop newsletter is issued weekly throughout the crop-growing season to assist “pest managers” in making effective, economic, and environmentally sound pest management strategies.

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Top Stories

Top Stories

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Agronomy in the News
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Top Stories

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Cultivating industry partnerships in agriculture: Plant breeding, Beck’s Hybrids and The Data Mine

After decades of recording detailed information about different varieties of crops, their traits...

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Agronomy’s Lee receives Spirit of Land-Grant Mission Award

Long before Linda Lee realized that a path to academic excellence existed, she took a...

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Zeus Mateos-Fierro
Zeus Mateos-Fierro - Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

When Zeus Mateos-Fierro arrived in Indiana, he’d never seen a watermelon field in his life....

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: The nine-banded armadillo

An armored mammal, once limited to the swamps and forests of the Deep South, is now burrowing its...

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Indiana Organic Network: Cultivating community for Hoosier farmers

Communities rely on farmers to produce the food that sits on their dinner table, and farmers rely...

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When passions connect: insect biology meets history

Her love for insects started early. “From the moment I could walk, I was outside looking at...

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