College of Agriculture, Extension
2020 News & Stories
Digital Agriculture
Extend the Power of Your Spreadsheets — 17 December 2020
Digital Agriculture
GROW Your Field Knowledge with New App — 17 December 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Deforestation drove massive Amazon rainforest fires of 2019 — 16 December 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Non-tenured and female faculty feeling COVID burdens, study says — 15 December 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Why ginger is at the root of holiday traditions — 15 December 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Animal Sciences
For Mark Russell working with animals is all about the people — 11 December 2020
Biochemistry
Agriculture Alumni
Biochemistry Ph.D. graduate recognized for groundbreaking research in the Middle East — 11 December 2020
Digital Agriculture
WHIN-Purdue Agriculture: December 2020 Updates — 09 December 2020
Behind the Research
Behind the Research: Ben Hancock — 07 December 2020
Agronomy
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Student’s research looks for answers at Purdue to questions raised at home in Nigeria — 07 December 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
ABE professor has a winner in his hands with LeafSpec — 03 December 2020
Digital Agriculture
Excel Workshop: Hone Your Skills — 03 December 2020
Digital Agriculture
Purdue Crop Planning Tool — 03 December 2020
Agricultural Communications
Curious about canning? Find out how to safely preserve food at home — 30 November 2020
Extension
Agricultural Economics
Retiring professor reflects on decades of opportunities, changes and constants — 30 November 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Remote sensing gives new look at forest diversity — 24 November 2020
Agriculture Alumni
Hand sanitizer makes scents to Purdue alum — 18 November 2020
Agricultural Economics
The cost of Thanksgiving staples see price hike amid pandemic — 18 November 2020
Digital Agriculture
Dig into Data within Your Spreadsheets — 16 November 2020
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 — 11 November 2020
Digital Agriculture
Creating Savvy Spreadsheets — 09 November 2020
Agronomy
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Farmers sought for precision fertilizer, seeding studies — 09 November 2020
Agriculture Alumni
Ag alumni share their Purdue Pete lore — 09 November 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Economy Barometer rises to record high on improving financial conditions — 05 November 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Emerald ash borer puts trees on path to functional extinction — 05 November 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
The Purdue Student Farm adapts during COVID-19 — 05 November 2020
Agricultural Communications
Purdue Extension: Building resilience in communities — 04 November 2020
Entomology
Botany & Plant Pathology
PICs makes inroads in Peru with extensive survey study — 04 November 2020
Agricultural Economics
Research hits home for professor caught in the digital divide — 02 November 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
How one FNR researcher coordinates observation of Indiana’s deer population — 02 November 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Clean lab coats and muddy boots balance student’s research — 02 November 2020
Digital Agriculture
Hammer is to Nail as API is to Software — 30 October 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Wild persimmon — 30 October 2020
Agricultural Communications
Purdue Agriculture Halloween Activity Pages — 28 October 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Big data, machine learning shed light on Asian reforestation successes — 28 October 2020
Digital Agriculture
Phosphorus Cost Comparison Tool — 28 October 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
It’s a great pumpkin year, Charlie Brown — 22 October 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Professor’s path leads her to a new landscape — 22 October 2020
Digital Agriculture
Making Sense of Your Sensors — 22 October 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue study addresses environmental, economic impacts of hydroponic, aquaponics systems — 22 October 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
grant-will-help-purdue-scientist-develop-rapid-test-for-produce-safety — 19 October 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Recently appointed ABE endowed chair knows what makes good research run — 19 October 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Student embraces research opportunities in America, plant pathology — 19 October 2020
Digital Agriculture
Sensors: The Possibilities are Endless — 16 October 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agriculture Alumni
Purdue family creates jobs, getaways during pandemic — 15 October 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
From farm to forest, Songlin Fei has built a career and better life — 13 October 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
SARE grants to support Purdue's sustainable agriculture programs — 13 October 2020
Digital Agriculture
Easy Spreadsheet-style Transfer Records and Inventory Tracking — 13 October 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue Agriculture dean appoints Prokopy as new department head for horticulture and landscape architecture — 12 October 2020
Extension
Office of Academic Programs
Family farming roots run deep at Purdue — 12 October 2020
Digital Agriculture
Choose the Path of Least Resistance for Your Data — 09 October 2020
Agricultural Communications
Keeping Indiana 4-H youth engaged and safe in a pandemic — 08 October 2020
College of Agriculture
Appreciation and examples of impact shared at virtual scholarship dinner — 07 October 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue awarded $2.3 million NSF grant to improve cotton fiber engineering — 07 October 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Barometer rises as crop prices rally and USDA announces CFAP 2 — 06 October 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Forestry & Natural Resources
Purdue pursues industry hardwood partnerships through NSF-backed center — 06 October 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue Ag alum reflects on her success in master’s program — 06 October 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Behind the Research: Richard Fox — 05 October 2020
Agricultural Communications
Indiana orchards are still harvesting fun — 05 October 2020
Digital Agriculture
Put Your Smartphone to Work — 01 October 2020
College of Agriculture
A century shared in the soybean field — 29 September 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Black bear — 29 September 2020
Extension
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Indiana farm fatality summary reminds Hoosier farmers of dangers — 22 September 2020
Purdue College of Agriculture
Top 10 Reasons Purdue ABE has been #1 for 10 Years — 22 September 2020
College of Agriculture
Center for Plant Biology boosts Purdue’s plant sciences profile — 21 September 2020
College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture’s freshman class reveals its resilience — 17 September 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue fluid power research engineer wins international honor — 17 September 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Pawpaw tree — 16 September 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Biochemistry
As pandemic persists, student’s research holds new importance — 16 September 2020
Entomology
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Botany & Plant Pathology
Ag labs rise to COVID challenge — 15 September 2020
Agricultural Economics
Biochemistry
How the hybrid teaching model is succeeding — 14 September 2020
Agriculture Alumni
Call for Purdue Certificate of Distinction nominees — 14 September 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue agricultural biological engineering department ranked No. 1 — 14 September 2020
Food Science
Entomology
Boiler Bee Honey’s second batch: how sweet it is! — 11 September 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Great-great-granddaughter of American Soybean Association co-founder embraces 100-year legacy — 10 September 2020
Digital Agriculture
Broadband Modeling Presentation — 08 September 2020
Digital Agriculture
Heat Units: A Python Tutorial — 08 September 2020
Digital Agriculture
Primer on Rural Wireless Communications — 08 September 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmer sentiment rebounds as commodity prices rally and agriculture trade prospects improve — 02 September 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue professors to develop course on agriculture informatics for agriscience students — 01 September 2020
Digital Agriculture
The WHIN Data Portal — 26 August 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
COVID lessons applied to forestry, climate change — 26 August 2020
Animal Sciences
Biochemistry
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
COVID-19 sidelines summer plans; Boilermakers adapt — 26 August 2020
College of Agriculture
New faculty members join College of Agriculture — 25 August 2020
Extension
Entomology
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Virtual field days present challenges and benefits — 21 August 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Animal Sciences
Land O’ Lakes program helps ABE student find certainty in an uncertain world — 21 August 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Agronomy
How agriculture instructors capitalize on benefits of the virtual classroom — 19 August 2020
Extension
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
For a healthy lawn in 2021, seed and feed now — 17 August 2020
Digital Agriculture
Using Trello on Your Farm — 11 August 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Purdue names Songlin Fei Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing — 10 August 2020
Food Science
Behind the Research: Anton Terekhov — 10 August 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Southern flying squirrel — 10 August 2020
Agricultural Economics
International Programs in Agriculture
Purdue College of Agriculture Releases New Book: Lowell Hardin: Mentor Extraordinaire, to Honor Late Professor — 07 August 2020
Digital Agriculture
Digital agriculture: Why the future is now — 07 August 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Economy Barometer stable, but farmers less optimistic about future — 04 August 2020
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural economics student uses research as creative outlet — 03 August 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue Student Farm sees record yields, brings produce to the public — 30 July 2020
International Programs in Agriculture
How have you stayed connected during the COVID-19 pandemic? — 28 July 2020
College of Agriculture
Florist arranges for flowers to travel when loved ones cannot — 23 July 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
ASEC student draws on education to support Black-owned businesses — 22 July 2020
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Alumni
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Alumnus adapts restaurant to protect the health of his business and patrons — 20 July 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Backyard birding, Tips to attract birds to your nest — 20 July 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Food Science
Animal Sciences
Six agriculture students named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars — 14 July 2020
Agriculture Alumni
Agricultural Economics
Animal Sciences
Entrepreneurs find learning opportunities amid COVID-19 pandemic — 14 July 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue team gets $1 million to develop rapid sensor technology for cattle disease — 14 July 2020
International Programs in Agriculture
Food Science
Agronomy
Forestry & Natural Resources
Supporting students from Zamorano to Purdue and home again — 13 July 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants — 09 July 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmer sentiment rebounds amid ongoing COVID-19 concerns — 07 July 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Soil microbiome can improve carrot resistance to deadly fungus — 29 June 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Celebrate National Dairy Month with homemade ice cream — 26 June 2020
Agricultural Economics
GTAP takes its international conference virtual — 25 June 2020
Digital Agriculture
Automate Data with Spreadsheets — 23 June 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
NSF fellowship allowing Purdue postdoc to expand possibilities for others — 23 June 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension
Entomology
What you need to know to start your own pollinator garden — 23 June 2020
Agronomy
Agriculture Alumni
Purdue Ag Alumni Association volunteer earns national awardor others — 19 June 2020
Agricultural Economics
Food Science
How Microsoft and Purdue Ag are working together to help Hoosier farmers — 18 June 2020
Extension
Agricultural Economics
Agritourism offers safe summer fun during COVID-19 — 17 June 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor and pilot John Lumkes loves the view from 1,000 feet — 16 June 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension
Horticulture professor shares essential advice for a healthy lawn — 16 June 2020
Food Science
Extension
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Celebrate Hoosier wines during Wine Grape Month — 16 June 2020
College of Agriculture
What do Purdue Agriculture faculty recommend for your summer reading list? — 15 June 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue scientists identify genetic ‘immune system’ for junk DNA — 08 June 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Behind the Research: Alex Helms — 08 June 2020
Agricultural Economics
Extension
Animal Sciences
Celebrating dairy products and community in Indiana — 08 June 2020
Extension
Agricultural Economics
How Hoosier farmers markets are coping with COVID-19 — 04 June 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture graduate works with grassroots project to reimagine an Indiana brownfield — 03 June 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
COVID-19 Continues to Impact Farmer Sentiment; Majority Indicate Economic Assistance Bill Necessary — 02 June 2020
Agricultural Economics
23rd GTAP conference goes virtual, sees record high registration — 02 June 2020
Agricultural Economics
Americans on both sides come together over food policy — 01 June 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Peregrine Falcon — 28 May 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
ASEC professor awarded Fulbright to conduct research project in rural Australia — 27 May 2020
Agriculture Alumni
Animal Sciences
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Teacher of Purdue’s first meat science course reflects on lifetime of research — 27 May 2020
Natural Resources and Environmental Science
NRES and recent Udall scholar fueled by passion for her hometown — 22 May 2020
College of Agriculture
Indiana State Chemist retires after a career spent serving Hoosiers — 21 May 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
ASEC student elected MANRRS National Graduate Student President — 19 May 2020
Agricultural Economics
Senior’s legacy is an award-winning example of leadership — 14 May 2020
Agronomy
Agricultural Economics
Homeschooled student excels through collaboration — 13 May 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Slivers of land could power cheaper, greener nitrogen fertilizers — 11 May 2020
International Programs in Agriculture
Purdue College of Agriculture announces inaugural recipients of new international achievement award — 11 May 2020
Extension
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Student teaches agriculture to improve children’s lives — 06 May 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Ag Barometer index drops below 100 as coronavirus disrupts agriculture — 05 May 2020
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 — 05 May 2020
Agronomy
Forestry & Natural Resources
Soy-based herbicide takes top honors — 04 May 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Wildlife & forestry student branches out — 28 April 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
How a diagnostic tool used on cows might unlock a key to COVID-19 testing — 28 April 2020
Agricultural Communications
Message from the Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture — 28 April 2020
Animal Sciences
Agricultural Economics
The Road from Farm to Table — 28 April 2020
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Purdue ASEC professors to bring mentorship for underrepresented students to 13 land-grant institutions — 27 April 2020
International Programs in Agriculture
Purdue IPIA to administer capacity-building program in Trinidad and Tobago — 27 April 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Make the grass greener on your side this spring — 26 April 2020
College of Agriculture
When teachers become the students: Four takeaways from the virtual classroom — 24 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
When courses went online this FNR professor had lab equipment delivered to students — 23 April 2020
Food Science
Botany & Plant Pathology
Forestry & Natural Resources
Agricultural Economics
The College of Agriculture names five new University Faculty Scholars — 17 April 2020
College of Agriculture
How The College of Agriculture is leading the community — 16 April 2020
Purdue College of Agriculture
Award winners credit college’s contributions — 15 April 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Analysis: Wind energy expansion would have $27 billion economic impact — 15 April 2020
Extension
Food Science
Hoosiers look to Purdue Extension for answers on COVID-19 — 14 April 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue Student Farm is helping to stock local food pantries with fresh produce — 09 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Conquering the Trail — 09 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Journal Excerpts & Bird List — 09 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Baleigh & Rebekah's Trail Tips — 09 April 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Behind the Research: Jason Adams — 08 April 2020
Agriculture Alumni
Purdue plant imaging facility named for Ag Alumni Seed — 08 April 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmer sentiment plummets as coronavirus concerns rise — 07 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
What COVID-19 could mean for the environment — 07 April 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Graduate researcher makes the most of fungi — 06 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
FNR student demonstrates perseverance and perspective — 06 April 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Food Science
Risk of E. coli in hydroponic and aquaponic systems may be greater than once thought — 06 April 2020
Agricultural Communications
Mentorship helps students find balance during crisis — 03 April 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
When best laid plans go up in smoke: How this instructor is simulating fieldwork online — 02 April 2020
College of Agriculture
Purdue Ag Activity Pages — 27 March 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Forestry & Natural Resources
Animal Sciences
From the lab to the laptop: How College of Agriculture professors are pivoting to virtual classrooms — 25 March 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension
Individuals recognized for outstanding service at Indiana Horticultural Conference and Expo — 24 March 2020
College of Agriculture
Friend or Fungi? The complex relationship between fungi and climate change — 23 March 2020
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Purdue horticulture professor earns award for illuminating secrets of the Voynich manuscript — 18 March 2020
College of Agriculture
Not in Kansas anymore, Associate Dean Wilson returns to Purdue — 13 March 2020
Digital Agriculture
IoT for Everyone - Videos and Tutorial — 12 March 2020
Digital Agriculture
Census of Agriculture: New Online Data Resource Available — 04 March 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Agricultural grain explosions are usually preventable, but 2019 still saw eight in the U.S. — 04 March 2020
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue study finds signal cascade that keeps plant stem cells active — 04 March 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Optimism about current conditions pushes farmer sentiment index to all-time high — 03 March 2020
Biochemistry
Food Science
MANRRS helps groom entrepreneur for life after Purdue — 26 February 2020
Digital Agriculture
AgGateWay Posts Educational Videos — 18 February 2020
Office of Academic Programs
New associate dean for academic programs joins Purdue agriculture leadership team — 10 February 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Agronomy
Behind the Research: Sara Cloutier — 07 February 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Expectations for improved trade with China sends farmer sentiment soaring — 04 February 2020
Digital Agriculture
Repository with Ag Data — 04 February 2020
Entomology
Food Science
Food science and entomology collaborate to produce Boiler Bee Honey — 31 January 2020
Extension
Entomology
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue Extension resources for Hoosier fruit, vegetable growers — 31 January 2020
Entomology
Food Science
The Buzz on Boiler Bee Honey — 29 January 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Aishwarya Chandrasekaran — 27 January 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
New ABE professors water safety research assumes prominent role during pandemic — 26 January 2020
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
International Programs in Agriculture
AgrAbility gets farmers back to work worldwide — 22 January 2020
Forestry & Natural Resources
Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Copperhead snake — 20 January 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Omar Zayed — 17 January 2020
Digital Agriculture
LiDAR-based tree inventory – not Sci-Fi anymore — 09 January 2020
College of Agriculture, Extension
Farmers optimistic about future even as their perception of current economic conditions drops — 07 January 2020
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Agronomy
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Jing Huang — 06 January 2020
Purdue College of Agriculture