All seven departments in the College of Agriculture participate and are competitive in research of regional and national scope. The research mission of the college is coordinated by the associate dean for research and is supported in part through the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station funds.
Graduate students have an excellent opportunity to become involved in funded research projects.
Research is conducted in modern laboratories, greenhouses, and livestock handling facilities on the Laramie campus, and at research and extension centers located throughout the state. A broad range of programs in the life sciences, natural resources management, and child-family studies are centers of strength in the college. Domestic animal and wildlife health, reproductive physiology, yeast and plant molecular biology, nutrition and food science, human health, and agricultural economics programs are among the major research efforts. Other research programs include forage and crop utilization, pest management using biological and chemical approaches, tillage practices and sheep genetics are conducted both on and off-campus. It provides additional opportunities for graduate students.