The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station is responsible for conducting problem solving research that helps the state's citizens make the most effective use possible of the state's natural resource base, including its people resources, in competing in an increasingly global economy and meeting our obligations as global citizens. The program at Hundley-Whaley is one of conducting applied agronomic research, interpreting the research data and extending the findings of the research to row crop producers in north Missouri, southwest Iowa, northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska.
Emphasis is on soybean and field corn production research.
The crop protection and seed industries are vital to the Hundley-Whaley program, both in financial support and educational outreach. Representatives of industry work with professional scientists and educators to develop protocols for research at the farm. Representatives from industry also conduct field stops at the annual Hundley-Whaley farm tour. The annual tour is the highlight of the Hundley-Whaley year. Eleven hundred people attend the tour annually.