Graduate programs provide opportunities for additional academic training and more in-depth independent study through departmental research programs. This instruction develops interpretive tools and adapts information to achieve profitability from agricultural production and natural resource management, while enhancing the environment and society. In addition, grants and contracts are solicited from sources outside MAES in support of research on local, regional, national, and international issues and interests. Faculty and students cooperate with agricultural research centers located in various parts of the state and the main station near Bozeman. In addition, research activity has historically been conducted in laboratories and on land controlled by Montana farmers and ranchers, as well as on other private, state, and federal lands.
Faculty also serve on departmental, college, university, and professional committees.