Research Cattle Animal scientists and veterinarians conduct beef breeding, nutrition, reproduction, health and management studies. Another 100 fall-calving cows are used to demonstrate an alternative beef production system and to produce stocker calves for summer grazing trials. Researchers use the flock to study crossbreeding, nutrition, management, health and intensive lambing schedules. Researchers are also evaluating systems of biomass production, measuring the energy values of crops for combustion and ethanol production. The farm's 160 acres of timber and an energy plantation of fast-growing trees provide opportunities to study timber management.
Research includes a shelterbelt project combined with strip-cropping on the contour.
Sheep and cattle grazing paddocks support forage systems and predator control studies.