What Is the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station?
Headquartered on the University’s St. Paul campus, the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station funds research of University of Minnesota scientists on ways to improve Minnesota’s agricultural and forest products, horticulture, human nutrition, family and community life, and environmental quality. It supports both basic and applied research with practical goals for improving the lives of Minnesotans. As it funds scientists who work in five different colleges and at Research and Outreach Centers across the state, it is an organization that supports cross-disciplinary problem solving, and responsiveness to emerging issues.
In any given year, Experiment Station funding supports approximately 400 research projects conducted by more than 300 faculty. Their projects employ more than 600 field research and laboratory assistants, technicians and postdoctoral research associates.
Research results are brought to Minnesotans through a partnership with University of Minnesota Extension. From soybeans to tourism, from Norway pines to new apple cultivars, from beef cattle to housing for families, the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station continues to seek, through its statewide research programs, a better life for all Minnesotans.
Administration
Beverly R. Durgan
Director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
Durgan holds dual positions at the University of Minnesota. Durgan was appointed Director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station in February 2006 and was appointed Dean and Director of University of Minnesota Extension in September 2005.