Sorghum has served as a food and feed crop for thousands of years, yet it can become poisonous under drought or freezing conditions. The problem is dhurrin, which breaks down to form prussic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide. But…
Purdue, ranked as one of America’s most innovative universities, leads land-grant institutions in startup companies and ranks third among U.S. universities behind Stanford and MIT. Agriculture in particular offers abundant opportunities for academic entrepreneurs to make their research socially impactful,…
DIAL Ventures, an innovation initiative launched by Purdue University in partnership with venture builder High Alpha Innovation, is announcing the launch of its first startup company, Croft. Croft streamlines the H-2A visa program to save farmer and grower employers and their…
How lightning travels from the sky to the ground inspired the concept behind a new algorithmic approach to digitally separate individual trees from their forests in automatic forest mapping.
Purdue University has received $12 million of a $35 million project led by the American Forest Foundation and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities to help family forest owners practice climate-smart forestry in Indiana…
Watering plants may sound easy. But for Chris Hoagland, facility manager of the Ag Alumni Seed Phenotyping Facility (AAPF), four pieces of software must communicate in real time to deliver the dosage of water and fertilizer a researcher has specified for each…
Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability has added a meat sentiment dashboard to its roster of free-access food system dashboards. The new dashboard, updated weekly, shows the sentiment and volume of meat and meat alternative mentions in social media and online…
The catchphrase on GRYFN vehicles, “Drones powered by Boilers,” is meant to be whimsical, reflecting that all employees of the 2018 startup have a Purdue degree. “It’s kind of fun,” says CEO Matt Bechdol. “I’m not aware of true boiler-powered…
For most Americans, higher prices at the grocery store did not impact their Fourth of July cookout, but more consumers are looking for sales and switching to generics, according to the Consumer Food Insights Report.
For most Americans, higher prices at the grocery store did not impact their Fourth of July cookout, but more consumers are looking for sales and switching to generics, according to the Consumer Food Insights Report.
Phenotyping at Purdue University is pushing the limits of technology, offering researchers powerful insights into plants without disturbing a single leaf. Purdue’s Ag Alumni Seed Phenotyping Facility (AAPF) is a high-throughput, controlled-environment facility equipped with multiple imaging systems and a professional team…
Gen Z households are struggling more to put food on the table compared to those of Millennials, Gen X and Boomers, according to the Consumer Food Insights report.