College of Agriculture, Extension
2020 News & Stories
Digital Agriculture
Extend the Power of Your Spreadsheets
Digital Agriculture
GROW Your Field Knowledge with New App
Forestry & Natural Resources
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Deforestation drove massive Amazon rainforest fires of 2019
Forestry & Natural Resources
Non-tenured and female faculty feeling COVID burdens, study says
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Why ginger is at the root of holiday traditions
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Animal Sciences
For Mark Russell working with animals is all about the people
Biochemistry
Agriculture Alumni
Biochemistry Ph.D. graduate recognized for groundbreaking research in the Middle East
Digital Agriculture
WHIN-Purdue Agriculture: December 2020 Updates
Behind the Research
Behind the Research: Ben Hancock
Agronomy
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Student’s research looks for answers at Purdue to questions raised at home in Nigeria
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
ABE professor has a winner in his hands with LeafSpec
Digital Agriculture
Excel Workshop: Hone Your Skills
Digital Agriculture
Purdue Crop Planning Tool
Agricultural Communications
Curious about canning? Find out how to safely preserve food at home
Extension
Agricultural Economics
Retiring professor reflects on decades of opportunities, changes and constants
Forestry & Natural Resources
Remote sensing gives new look at forest diversity
Animal Sciences
Animal sciences professor to address food safety in Cambodia
Agriculture Alumni
Hand sanitizer makes scents to Purdue alum
Agricultural Economics
The cost of Thanksgiving staples see price hike amid pandemic
Digital Agriculture
Dig into Data within Your Spreadsheets
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Entomology
Forestry & Natural Resources
“Education is multidimensional”: How agriculture staff and students are reaching grades PK-12 during a pandemic
Digital Agriculture
Creating Savvy Spreadsheets
Agronomy
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Farmers sought for precision fertilizer, seeding studies
Agriculture Alumni
Ag alumni share their Purdue Pete lore
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Economy Barometer rises to record high on improving financial conditions
Forestry & Natural Resources
Emerald ash borer puts trees on path to functional extinction
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
The Purdue Student Farm adapts during COVID-19
Agricultural Communications
Purdue Extension: Building resilience in communities
Entomology
Botany & Plant Pathology
PICs makes inroads in Peru with extensive survey study
Agricultural Economics
Research hits home for professor caught in the digital divide
Forestry & Natural Resources
How one FNR researcher coordinates observation of Indiana’s deer population
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Clean lab coats and muddy boots balance student’s research
Digital Agriculture
Hammer is to Nail as API is to Software
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Wild persimmon
Agricultural Communications
Purdue Agriculture Halloween Activity Pages
Forestry & Natural Resources
Big data, machine learning shed light on Asian reforestation successes
Digital Agriculture
Phosphorus Cost Comparison Tool
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
It’s a great pumpkin year, Charlie Brown
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Professor’s path leads her to a new landscape
Digital Agriculture
Making Sense of Your Sensors
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue study addresses environmental, economic impacts of hydroponic, aquaponics systems
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
grant-will-help-purdue-scientist-develop-rapid-test-for-produce-safety
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Recently appointed ABE endowed chair knows what makes good research run
Food Science
A growing piece of ancient history in your kitchen
Botany & Plant Pathology
Student embraces research opportunities in America, plant pathology
Digital Agriculture
Sensors: The Possibilities are Endless
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agriculture Alumni
Purdue family creates jobs, getaways during pandemic
Forestry & Natural Resources
From farm to forest, Songlin Fei has built a career and better life
College of Agriculture, Extension
SARE grants to support Purdue's sustainable agriculture programs
Digital Agriculture
Easy Spreadsheet-style Transfer Records and Inventory Tracking
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue Agriculture dean appoints Prokopy as new department head for horticulture and landscape architecture
Extension
Office of Academic Programs
Family farming roots run deep at Purdue
Digital Agriculture
Choose the Path of Least Resistance for Your Data
Agricultural Communications
Keeping Indiana 4-H youth engaged and safe in a pandemic
College of Agriculture
Appreciation and examples of impact shared at virtual scholarship dinner
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue awarded $2.3 million NSF grant to improve cotton fiber engineering
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Barometer rises as crop prices rally and USDA announces CFAP 2
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Forestry & Natural Resources
Purdue pursues industry hardwood partnerships through NSF-backed center
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue Ag alum reflects on her success in master’s program
Agricultural Economics
Passion for small businesses drives agricultural economics’ newly appointed endowed chair
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Behind the Research: Richard Fox
Agricultural Communications
Indiana orchards are still harvesting fun
Digital Agriculture
Put Your Smartphone to Work
College of Agriculture
A century shared in the soybean field
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Black bear
Extension
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Indiana farm fatality summary reminds Hoosier farmers of dangers
Purdue College of Agriculture
Top 10 Reasons Purdue ABE has been #1 for 10 Years
Agricultural Economics
Ag econ professor explores economic impact of gendered labor roles in developing countries
College of Agriculture
Center for Plant Biology boosts Purdue’s plant sciences profile
College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture’s freshman class reveals its resilience
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue fluid power research engineer wins international honor
Forestry & Natural Resources
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Pawpaw tree
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Biochemistry
As pandemic persists, student’s research holds new importance
Entomology
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Botany & Plant Pathology
Ag labs rise to COVID challenge
Agricultural Economics
Biochemistry
How the hybrid teaching model is succeeding
Agriculture Alumni
Call for Purdue Certificate of Distinction nominees
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue agricultural biological engineering department ranked No. 1
Food Science
Entomology
Boiler Bee Honey’s second batch: how sweet it is!
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Great-great-granddaughter of American Soybean Association co-founder embraces 100-year legacy
College of Agriculture
Government subcommittee report examines climate change impact on U.S. financial system
Digital Agriculture
Broadband Modeling Presentation
Digital Agriculture
Heat Units: A Python Tutorial
Digital Agriculture
Primer on Rural Wireless Communications
Digital Agriculture
Lessons Learned from Technology Adoption: Moving into the Digital Age of Farming
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmer sentiment rebounds as commodity prices rally and agriculture trade prospects improve
Digital Agriculture
Ag-Analytics opens branch in Convergence Center, encouraging collaboration
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue professors to develop course on agriculture informatics for agriscience students
Digital Agriculture
The WHIN Data Portal
Center for the Environment
Purdue group prominent in studying chemical compounds that are everywhere — and shouldn’t be
Forestry & Natural Resources
COVID lessons applied to forestry, climate change
Animal Sciences
Biochemistry
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
COVID-19 sidelines summer plans; Boilermakers adapt
College of Agriculture
New faculty members join College of Agriculture
Extension
Indiana 4-H’ers demonstrate resilience
Extension
Entomology
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Virtual field days present challenges and benefits
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Animal Sciences
Land O’ Lakes program helps ABE student find certainty in an uncertain world
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Agronomy
How agriculture instructors capitalize on benefits of the virtual classroom
Extension
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
For a healthy lawn in 2021, seed and feed now
Digital Agriculture
Using Trello on Your Farm
Forestry & Natural Resources
Purdue names Songlin Fei Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing
Food Science
Behind the Research: Anton Terekhov
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Southern flying squirrel
Agricultural Economics
International Programs in Agriculture
Purdue College of Agriculture Releases New Book: Lowell Hardin: Mentor Extraordinaire, to Honor Late Professor
Digital Agriculture
Digital agriculture: Why the future is now
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Economy Barometer stable, but farmers less optimistic about future
Animal Sciences
You can order live poultry through the mail, but should you?
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural economics student uses research as creative outlet
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue Student Farm sees record yields, brings produce to the public
Animal Sciences
Meat science alumnus reflects on 50 years with industry leaders
Entomology
Extension
Entomology professor receives major grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers
International Programs in Agriculture
How have you stayed connected during the COVID-19 pandemic?
College of Agriculture
Unsolicited seeds could wreak havoc on agriculture, environment, state officials warn
College of Agriculture
Florist arranges for flowers to travel when loved ones cannot
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
ASEC student draws on education to support Black-owned businesses
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Alumni
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Alumnus adapts restaurant to protect the health of his business and patrons
Forestry & Natural Resources
Backyard birding, Tips to attract birds to your nest
Agricultural Economics
Study: Rural-urban fiscal divide grows in response to decades of state tax overhauls
Botany & Plant Pathology
Food Science
Animal Sciences
Six agriculture students named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Agriculture Alumni
Agricultural Economics
Animal Sciences
Entrepreneurs find learning opportunities amid COVID-19 pandemic
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue team gets $1 million to develop rapid sensor technology for cattle disease
International Programs in Agriculture
Food Science
Agronomy
Forestry & Natural Resources
Supporting students from Zamorano to Purdue and home again
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmer sentiment rebounds amid ongoing COVID-19 concerns
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Soil microbiome can improve carrot resistance to deadly fungus
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Celebrate National Dairy Month with homemade ice cream
Agricultural Economics
GTAP takes its international conference virtual
Digital Agriculture
IoT and Advanced Agricultural Technology - Research Updates Video Series
Digital Agriculture
Automate Data with Spreadsheets
Botany & Plant Pathology
NSF fellowship allowing Purdue postdoc to expand possibilities for others
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension
Entomology
What you need to know to start your own pollinator garden
Agronomy
Agriculture Alumni
Purdue Ag Alumni Association volunteer earns national awardor others
Agricultural Economics
Food Science
How Microsoft and Purdue Ag are working together to help Hoosier farmers
Extension
Agricultural Economics
Agritourism offers safe summer fun during COVID-19
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor and pilot John Lumkes loves the view from 1,000 feet
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension
Horticulture professor shares essential advice for a healthy lawn
Food Science
Extension
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Celebrate Hoosier wines during Wine Grape Month
College of Agriculture
What do Purdue Agriculture faculty recommend for your summer reading list?
Agronomy
Extension
Purdue Agronomy professor reflects on 35-year research project
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue scientists identify genetic ‘immune system’ for junk DNA
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Behind the Research: Alex Helms
Agricultural Economics
Extension
Animal Sciences
Celebrating dairy products and community in Indiana
Extension
Agricultural Economics
How Hoosier farmers markets are coping with COVID-19
Entomology
Graduate researcher tracks billbugs
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture graduate works with grassroots project to reimagine an Indiana brownfield
College of Agriculture, Extension
COVID-19 Continues to Impact Farmer Sentiment; Majority Indicate Economic Assistance Bill Necessary
Agricultural Economics
23rd GTAP conference goes virtual, sees record high registration
Agricultural Economics
Americans on both sides come together over food policy
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Peregrine Falcon
Biochemistry
DOE funds Purdue’s photosynthesis repair research
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
ASEC professor awarded Fulbright to conduct research project in rural Australia
Agriculture Alumni
Animal Sciences
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Teacher of Purdue’s first meat science course reflects on lifetime of research
Natural Resources and Environmental Science
NRES and recent Udall scholar fueled by passion for her hometown
College of Agriculture
Indiana State Chemist retires after a career spent serving Hoosiers
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
ASEC student elected MANRRS National Graduate Student President
Agricultural Economics
Senior’s legacy is an award-winning example of leadership
Agronomy
Agricultural Economics
Homeschooled student excels through collaboration
Botany & Plant Pathology
Slivers of land could power cheaper, greener nitrogen fertilizers
International Programs in Agriculture
Purdue College of Agriculture announces inaugural recipients of new international achievement award
Extension
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Student teaches agriculture to improve children’s lives
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Barometer index drops below 100 as coronavirus disrupts agriculture
Botany & Plant Pathology
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Award-winning College of Agriculture mentors follow in others’ footsteps — and leave imprints of their own
Agronomy
Forestry & Natural Resources
Soy-based herbicide takes top honors
Forestry & Natural Resources
Wildlife & forestry student branches out
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
How a diagnostic tool used on cows might unlock a key to COVID-19 testing
Agricultural Communications
Message from the Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture
Animal Sciences
Agricultural Economics
The Road from Farm to Table
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Purdue ASEC professors to bring mentorship for underrepresented students to 13 land-grant institutions
Office of Multicultural Programs
Purdue colleges’ food drive brings in over $80,000 for local food bank
International Programs in Agriculture
Purdue IPIA to administer capacity-building program in Trinidad and Tobago
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Make the grass greener on your side this spring
College of Agriculture
When teachers become the students: Four takeaways from the virtual classroom
Forestry & Natural Resources
When courses went online this FNR professor had lab equipment delivered to students
Food Science
Botany & Plant Pathology
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agricultural Economics
The College of Agriculture names five new University Faculty Scholars
College of Agriculture
How The College of Agriculture is leading the community
Purdue College of Agriculture
Award winners credit college’s contributions
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Analysis: Wind energy expansion would have $27 billion economic impact
Extension
Food Science
Hoosiers look to Purdue Extension for answers on COVID-19
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue Student Farm is helping to stock local food pantries with fresh produce
Forestry & Natural Resources
Conquering the Trail
Forestry & Natural Resources
Journal Excerpts & Bird List
Forestry & Natural Resources
Baleigh & Rebekah's Trail Tips
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Behind the Research: Jason Adams
Agriculture Alumni
Purdue plant imaging facility named for Ag Alumni Seed
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmer sentiment plummets as coronavirus concerns rise
Office of Multicultural Programs
Colleges at Purdue join virtual food drive to support Food Finders
Forestry & Natural Resources
What COVID-19 could mean for the environment
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Graduate researcher makes the most of fungi
Forestry & Natural Resources
FNR student demonstrates perseverance and perspective
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Food Science
Risk of E. coli in hydroponic and aquaponic systems may be greater than once thought
Agricultural Communications
Mentorship helps students find balance during crisis
Forestry & Natural Resources
When best laid plans go up in smoke: How this instructor is simulating fieldwork online
College of Agriculture
Purdue Ag Activity Pages
Botany & Plant Pathology
Forestry & Natural Resources
Animal Sciences
From the lab to the laptop: How College of Agriculture professors are pivoting to virtual classrooms
Botany & Plant Pathology
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension
Individuals recognized for outstanding service at Indiana Horticultural Conference and Expo
College of Agriculture
Friend or Fungi? The complex relationship between fungi and climate change
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue horticulture professor earns award for illuminating secrets of the Voynich manuscript
College of Agriculture
Not in Kansas anymore, Associate Dean Wilson returns to Purdue
Digital Agriculture
IoT for Everyone - Videos and Tutorial
College of Agriculture
A Bug Bowl History: Where did cricket spitting come from and how fast can a cockroach run?
Digital Agriculture
Census of Agriculture: New Online Data Resource Available
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Agricultural grain explosions are usually preventable, but 2019 still saw eight in the U.S.
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue study finds signal cascade that keeps plant stem cells active
College of Agriculture, Extension
Optimism about current conditions pushes farmer sentiment index to all-time high
Animal Sciences
Office of Multicultural Programs
Student learns from two and four legged friends
Biochemistry
Office of Multicultural Programs
Food Science
MANRRS helps groom entrepreneur for life after Purdue
Digital Agriculture
AgGateWay Posts Educational Videos
Office of Academic Programs
New associate dean for academic programs joins Purdue agriculture leadership team
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Agronomy
Behind the Research: Sara Cloutier
Food Science
What’s under the shell of this popular snack?
College of Agriculture, Extension
Expectations for improved trade with China sends farmer sentiment soaring
Digital Agriculture
Repository with Ag Data
Agriculture Alumni
Six receive Certificate of Distinction from Purdue ag alumni association
Entomology
Food Science
Food science and entomology collaborate to produce Boiler Bee Honey
Extension
Entomology
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue Extension resources for Hoosier fruit, vegetable growers
Entomology
Food Science
The Buzz on Boiler Bee Honey
Office of Multicultural Programs
How Hoosier BIPOC farmers can change the landscape of agriculture
Forestry & Natural Resources
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Aishwarya Chandrasekaran
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
New ABE professors water safety research assumes prominent role during pandemic
Office of Multicultural Programs
Hunger Banquet demonstrates the realities of campus food insecurity
Agricultural Economics
Don’t blame U.S. biofuels for Indonesia and Malaysia deforestation, study shows
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
International Programs in Agriculture
AgrAbility gets farmers back to work worldwide
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Copperhead snake
Office of Multicultural Programs
Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Awareness Week offers opportunities to focus on economic justice
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Omar Zayed
Digital Agriculture
LiDAR-based tree inventory – not Sci-Fi anymore
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmers optimistic about future even as their perception of current economic conditions drops
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Agronomy
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Jing Huang
Purdue College of Agriculture