🌱📚 Our HLA Grad Student Association just hosted their annual Research and Design Retreat at Wright Forestry Center! Grad Students, visiting scholars, and undergrad researchers showcased innovative work to peers, faculty and staff. Great turnout!

The creaminess of custard. The fizz of foam. The slurpability of soup. Texture is essential to our eating experience. A new Purdue Food Science study introduces an artificial intelligence model to accurately predict texture perception. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/05/f…

The new Purdue University Online course offered by Purdue Food Science provides professionals with a comprehensive understanding of modern food safety and quality assurance programs, regulations and industry best practices.

Learn how soil, forage and livestock work together at #PurdueExtension’s pasture ecology workshop on June 18 at the Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center. This event is hosted with Indiana Forage Council and IN Beef Cattle Assn. Register by June 10: extension.purdue.edu/news/2025/05/l…

How does composting help our environment and our gardens? In honor of National Learn about Composting Day, discover how you can compost in your own backyard with tips from Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/06/u…

Avian influenza, the main cause of recent high egg prices, poses a global threat. PurdueABE researchers developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian influenza. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/06/n…

May 30th was a day of celebration, recognizing the retirement of two faculty members who have given so much to the Agronomy department! A picnic style gathering at ACRE was the perfect setting! Congratulations, Dr. Darrell Schulze and Dr. Gary Steinhardt!

Texture is just as essential to our eating experience as flavor and smell. But it’s difficult to predict the “mouthfeel” of food during the development process. A Purdue Food Science study introduces an AI model to accurately predict texture perception. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/05/f…

Learn the latest corn and soybean weed management research from Purdue Extension specialists, grad students and professionals at the Weed Science Field Day, hosted by Purdue BPP on June 26 at the Throckmorton Purdue Agricultural Center. Register: extension.purdue.edu/news/2025/06/w…

“I really enjoy when researchers have a successful research project... Especially if we can then implement it at larger scale on the farm – that’s a really nice full-circle moment.” -Rachel Stevens ACRE Purdue Read more in Behind the Research: ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/06/b…

Julie Mahoney, a Ph.D. alumna, returns to #PurdueANSC as a clinical assistant professor. She will teach and develop courses to expand access for various learners. Welcome back, Dr. Mahoney! ag.purdue.edu/news/departmen…

May's Consumer Food Insight Report shows that although consumers identify healthy foods, the average adult has an unhealthy diet. Learn more from Joe Balagtas, professor of Purdue Ag Econ and director of the Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/06/c…

Join Indiana Organic Network (ION) for a farmer-led organic field day August 6 at Rex Stites Farms. Learn from Midwest farmers, check out equipment demonstrations and tour fields with organic grain grower Mike Stites. Details and signup: ccsin.org/event-details/…

Assistance with visualization, data stewardship, genomics, statistical analysis, bioinformation and more are available at Purdue Agriculture's Research Services. Explore their work at ag.purdue.edu/researchservic…

Scientists in Purdue BPP preserve plant and fungi specimens for future discovery–a kind of “forensic evidence” of Earth's biodiversity. From investigating changes in our environment to fighting plant disease, take a peek inside the Purdue University Herbaria. purdueag.exposure.co/herbaria

Some scenes from last week's Purdue Agriculture 2025 Interdepartmental Summer Olympics for Sand Volleyball, Frisbee, pickleball, and soccer events still to come!

Congratulations to associate professor of PurdueABE Somali Chaterji and Distinguished Professor of Purdue Biochemistry and Purdue Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Natalia Dudareva, who received patents for their innovations with the help of Purdue Innovates. stories.prf.org/june-edition-n…

Curious about the latest breakthroughs and hands-on innovations from Purdue Animal Sciences? Check out our Applied Research & Extension Programming Database. purdue.ag/ansc-database

Three Purdue Ag Alumni designed a new option for John Deere USA tractors - a battery electric model with an innovative hydraulic system. From professors to competitions, their time at PurdueABE made designing John Deere's first electric tractor possible. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/06/a…

Leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics, Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources's Jingjing Liang address critical ecological questions facing the world. Learn more about the 2025 University Faculty Scholar's transformative work. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/05/p…