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Purdue Agricultural Research Programs (ARP) is Indiana's research-based link in the nationwide land-grant university system.

Nationally, ARP participates in multistate research programs with other State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) in partnership with Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ensure that research on high-priority topics are addressed, research results are shared, and duplication of effort is avoided.  In this way, technological opportunities and complex problem solving activities which are beyond the scope of a single SAES, can be approached in a more efficient and comprehensive way.

The land grant program began with the Hatch Act of 1887, which charged land-grant universities to establish a research arm to advance science and solve problems for the food, agricultural, and natural resource system.

At Purdue, ARP facilitates innovative science by providing administrative support to departments and faculty in the College of Agriculture, College of Consumer and Family Sciences, and School of Veterinary Medicine   by ensuring the availability of necessary facilities, and by encouraging development of interdisciplinary research programs. ARP also helps faculty identify and compete for extramural funding opportunities.

Our faculty are involved in cutting edge, discovery research and mission oriented, adaptive and disseminative research, which addresses questions from the fundamental to meeting the needs of various commodity groups based on science. They address research problems from a local to global scale that include production agriculture to plant and animal breeding and genetics, human and animal health, genomics and biotechnology, biobased products, biofuels and energy, food defense and food safety, human nutrition, environmental and natural resource management, land use and management, biodiversity and invasive species, ecological crop management, technology transfer, business administration, and socioeconomic assessment of emerging scientific discoveries, etc. These scientific endeavors are supported by a portfolio of gifts, grants, and contracts from various state and federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Department of Energy, etc., and various commodity groups such as the United Soybean Board, Indiana Wine Grape Council, the Indiana Soybean Board, the Indiana State Poultry Association, etc.

Research is undertaken in laboratories and field sites with state-of-the-art facilities on the campus of Purdue University, including Discovery Park . Across Indiana, ARP operates eight Purdue Agricultural Centers in areas representative of the state's varied soil types and microclimates, where facilities for site-specific research are available, and research results are conveyed to local farmers and other residents.

ARP also works closely with the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service (CES) and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to transfer the research-based knowledge generated by Purdue faculty and staff to citizens in all of Indiana's 92 counties. Similarly, ARP serves as a liaison with various Indiana commodity groups.

Nationally, ARP coordinates research programs with other land-grant university agricultural experiment stations to ensure that important problems get attention, to share research results, and to avoid duplication of effort. ARP also works closely with Purdue CES so that our research efforts can be communicated effectively to all of our stakeholders and the general public.

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Office of Agricultural Research Programs
615 W. State St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2053

Main Office Phone: (765) 494-8360
Fax number: (765) 494-0808