Agribusiness
Purdue pursues industry hardwood partnerships through NSF-backed center
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
The Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS), a National Science Foundation-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, of which Purdue’s Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center is a founding member, develops partnerships with forest-related companies to help solve pressing needs in their industry.
Read MoreWomen award recipients praised for dedication to Indiana agriculture
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 • University News Story
Three Indiana women were honored for their dedication and contributions to the agriculture industry at the Indiana Statehouse on Aug. 20. The recipients were selected by the Purdue Extension Women in Agriculture team. Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Karen …
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Six agriculture students named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
Six student-athletes from Purdue University’s College of Agriculture have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award for the 2019-2020 academic year. Each year, the honor is given to students on varsity rosters who maintain a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher.
Among the honorees, Tessa Sheets ranked in the top 16.5% of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars by achieving a 4.0 GPA.
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Award winners credit college’s contributions
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
Since 2003, 14 of the 36 G.A. Ross and Flora Roberts Award winners have been from the College of Agriculture. Justin Couetil, a biochemistry student, won the G.A. Ross Award in 2019. Cameron Mann won the Flora Roberts Award in 2017, representing agricultural communication and agribusiness.
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Making memories while making dough
Thursday, December 19th, 2019
By Chad Campbell Three generations of the Luse family gather every December, surrounded by holiday music and the lights from their Christmas tree. They share stories of the past, especially from their years in West Lafayette where most of them attended Purdue. With the contributions of Olivia Luse, founder of Backroad Baker, the festive scene…
Read MorePurdue, ag retailers and ASU to host management academy
Thursday, November 14th, 2019 • University News Story
Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business, the Agricultural Retailers Association and Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business will partner again to present the 2020 ARA Management Academy. The program will take plac…
Read More‘U.S. Farm Report’ will bring college road show back to Purdue
Friday, September 20th, 2019 • University News Story
“The U.S. Farm Report” a syndicated television show focusing on agriculture and agribusiness, hosted by Tyne Morgan, will be filming at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus from 1:30-3 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 26). Filming will take place on the lawn by the A…
Read MoreNational food, agribusiness conference to focus on evolving value chain
Friday, September 13th, 2019 • University News Story
Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business will host the 2019 National Conference for Food and Agribusiness on November 6-7 on the university’s West Lafayette campus.
Read MorePurdue to offer strategic marketing workshop for agribusiness professionals
Friday, September 6th, 2019 • University News Story
Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business will present the 2019 Strategic Agri-Marketing seminar Oct. 8-10 on the West Lafayette campus.
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New to Purdue? Former freshmen share how they found friends, academic success and themselves
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
By Chad Campbell As one of over 600 freshmen joining Purdue’s College of Agriculture in August 2018, Cole Pearson worried about getting lost in the crowd. Doubly so, since he felt like he was missing half of himself since Pearson’s identical twin brother chose a different university. “He and I are very tight,” explained Pearson….
Read MoreAgribusiness sales program to develop selling techniques
Thursday, July 11th, 2019 • University News Story
Purdue University sales experts David Downey and Scott Downey will lead the “Precision Selling: Building Relationships with Large Farmers” professional development program on July 31-Aug. 1 in West Lafayette.
Read MorePurdue workshop to build marketing foundations for agribusinesses
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 • University News Story
Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business will present the 2019 Agribusiness Marketing Level 1: Building the Foundations of Agri-Marketing seminar July 23–25 on the West Lafayette campus.
Read MorePurdue, agribusiness seminar to develop financial awareness
Friday, June 7th, 2019 • University News Story
The Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business will offer its 2019 Agribusiness Finance: Financial Analysis of Operating Decisions professional development seminar June 17–19 on the West Lafayette campus.
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