The mission of the Agronomy Department at Purdue University is to serve our broad-based clientele by providing progressive undergraduate, graduate, and extension education programs; conducting innovative and relevant research in the crop, soil, and environmental sciences; and interacting with partners in the public and private sectors.

As the Department of Agronomy at Purdue University, we value:

• excellence and creativity in our teaching, research, and outreach activities
• interdisciplinary approaches to addressing our mission
• unrestricted access to our programs
• understanding and solving the needs of our diverse clientele
• collegiality in our relationships with each other and with our clientele
• having a positive presence among our constituency regionally and nationally
• the success of our students, staff and clientele