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 126
615 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-8362
agresearch@purdue.edu

Graduate Spotlight

Graduate Spotlight

Sophia Dasaro
Sophia Dasaro - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

Sophia Dasaro was 8 when she accompanied her mother, who works in human resources for a pharmaceutical company, on Bring your Child to Work Day. The lab coats that staff wore captured Dasaro’s imagination, and she resolved to have one of her...

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Behind the Research

Behind the Research

Tyler Finley stands in front of tractors
Behind the Research: Tyler Finley

Many people are involved in the remarkable range of programs, services and facilities that undergird research in the College of Agriculture. Collectively they’re integral to the college fulfilling its research mission. “Behind the...

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Purdue Ag Centers / Can-Am Partnership

RESEARCH NEWS

Close-up of Hunsoo Song in front of the pink blossoms of a crabapple tree
Hunsoo Song, the civil engineer who speaks (in algorithms) for the trees

Fire, metal, water, earth and wood. In South Korean tradition, these five elements explain...

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Farmer sentiment following the U.S. election reaches highest levels since May 2021

Farmer sentiment jumped again in November, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy...

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Sophia Dasaro
Sophia Dasaro - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

Sophia Dasaro was 8 when she accompanied her mother, who works in human resources for a...

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Close up photo of soybean plant leaf, stem, and flower bunch
Advancements in genomic research reveal alternative transcription initiation sites in thousands of soybean genes

In 2010, Jianxin Ma, a professor of agronomy, and his collaborators built the first reference...

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Most surveyed grocery shoppers report noticing shrinkflation

Over three-quarters of surveyed consumers say they have noticed shrinkflation at the grocery...

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Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters

Major natural disasters, like Hurricanes Helene and Milton, caused severe economic and...

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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