For Brody Cox, preparing for the Indiana State Fair began long before he entered the show ring. His family started looking at ...
Farmer sentiment declined, with the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) Index decreasing from 135 points ...
Purdue University’s College of Agriculture recognized nine alumni at the Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Award ceremony on ...
As we head into 2026, food prices in the United States have stabilized compared to a few years ago, but uncertainty and the cumulative effects of past inflation persist. While inflation has moderated ...
The United States allows a set volume of beef into the country each year from various trading partners at a very low tariff. Once applicable quotas are filled, additional imports generally face a 26.4 ...
-The Strait of Hormuz closure has driven crude oil above $110/barrel and nitrogen fertilizer prices up more than 30% — a severe shock arriving at the worst possible time for spring planting. -However, ...
Extension Brief #2026-6 (Foster, Dalheimer, and Keeney, 2026) identified an intensifying El Niño as a key wildcard for 2026–27 commodity markets, while noting that forecast uncertainty remained ...
Ken Foster, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director, Purdue Farm Policy Study Group; Bernhard Dalheimer, Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics and Trade The April CPI release is the most ...
-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 ...
Farmland is more than a production input; it is the largest asset in the agricultural sector. Farm real estate accounts for 83% of total U.S. farm assets and is valued at more than $3.5 trillion (USDA ...
Overweight and obesity are growing problems in the world. Among important contributors including diet and eating behaviors, snacking, has become a major component of modern eating behavior (McGill & ...
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a large and sudden negative impact on the national labor market. In the United States, within a year from the beginning of the pandemic, most economic ...