Purdue University College of Agriculture

Your next burger might be thanks to a dairy cow

Even if you don’t know much about beef or dairy production, if you imagine a ranch or a milking barn, you probably picture ...
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Comparing Corn Production Costs and Returns in the United States and Brazil

Brazil’s expansion in corn production over the last decade has made the country a more important competitor in global corn markets, increasing competitive pressure for U.S. producers. Although the ...
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The Rise of Meat Substitute Consumption and its Impact on the U.S. Soybean Industry

Meat is an important source of proteins and micronutrients in human diets. As a more expensive food source than grains, meat has experienced an increase in per capita consumption along with rising ...
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The Iran Conflict and Consumer Food Prices: A Broad but Lagged and Sticky Shock

-Unlike a drought or crop disease, the current shock originates in geopolitics, spills into energy markets and propagates through every link of the food supply chain at once — transportation, ...
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The Iran Conflict and Global Food Security: Why the Burden Falls Hardest on the World’s Most Vulnerable

-The Iran conflict’s energy shock is fundamentally regressive: it falls hardest on the countries and consumers least equipped to absorb it, while wealthier buyers can outbid poorer ones for scarce ...
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Immigration Enforcement, Labor Outcomes and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from U.S. Meat and Poultry Processing Plants

Immigrant labor constitutes a substantial portion of the US meat and poultry processing workforce. However, the downstream effects of deportations targeting these immigrants on their food safety ...
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Purdue acquires soybean germplasm with unique yield traits

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue’s Department of Agronomy has acquired the KenAvis soybean germplasm collection, a rare reservoir of underexploited genetic diversity, from Purdue alumnus Bob Taylor. The ...
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Farmer Sentiment Declines in April Amid Input Costs and Availability Concerns

Only 15% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were better off in April than they had been a year ago. Looking ahead to the next 12 months, 28% expected worse financial performance, ...
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Middle East Conflict Revives Concerns Over Fertilizer Dependence in the U.S. and Brazil

Four years after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, which pushed fertilizer prices to historic highs, the current conflict in the Middle East has once again brought attention to the risks associated ...
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Farmer Sentiment Improves Despite Rising Input Costs Concerns

Approximately 18% of respondents indicated that their farm operations were better off in March than they were a year ago. Looking ahead 12 months, 18% expected worse financial performance, compared to ...
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2026 Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide

The conflict’s direct impact on farm profitability in the 2026 crop year is likely to be modest and uneven. A more significant farm-level reckoning is coming in 2027 if Strait of Hormuz restrictions ...
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2026 Agricultural Credit Outlook

This article examines trends in three key areas of the agricultural credit markets: interest rates, loan supply and demand, and non-performing loans. We examine data obtained from the Federal Reserve ...