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One hundred years ago, fish and shellfish were frequent visitors to dinner plates around the world. While not common knowledge at the time, the fish had oils containing about equal parts omega-3 and ...
Not even a morning rainstorm could keep a crowd out of Purdue’s soybean fields on Thursday, July 17 at the 2025 Soybean ...
This week’s Data Snapshot features CFDAS data on weekly food expenditure in the United States. Using data from our Consumer Food Insights survey, the figure plots a nationally representative average ...
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In this edition, we explore what consumers think about healthy diets and examine responses by self-rated diet quality. Additional questions explore consumer perceptions of and preferences for healthy ...
Farmer sentiment improved in April as producers expressed more optimism about current and future conditions on their farms. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose 8 points to a ...
3 Regional Rural Development Centers — NCRCRD, SRDC, & NERCRD — have published open access data from their groundbreaking, multi-region Baseline Survey 2024.
In a sharp turnaround from July, farmer sentiment nose-dived in August. The August Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer fell 13 points vs. July, leaving the index at 100.
Many consumers consider it important to avoid food additives, but they also commonly include processed foods among their grocery purchases, according to the February 2025 Consumer Food Insights Report ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nine U.S. grain dust explosions in 2024 caused two injuries and no fatalities, according to a nationwide annual summary. These numbers are similar to last year’s (nine ...
A new report issued by the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Systems Laboratory, the research arm of DIAL Ventures, offers multiple strategies to help the agrifood ...