There are approximately 46 faculty in the department. Research is tending away from classical agronomy to the science of soil, crop, air.
More emphasis is on the environment, less on agriculture.
There are approximately 58 graduate students. 1.4 Undergraduate program Approximately 40-50 undergrad majors, most of whom are emphasizing Atmospheric Sciences. Curriculum retains basic process orientation, but now focuses to a greater degree on non- agricultural issues. 2.2 Subject scope Subject interests are varied and numerous. Essentially all aspects of plant science except breeding, all areas of soil science, all areas of atmospheric science, applied physics and mathematics, applied statistics, soil mechanics, engineering related to flow in porous media, groundwater hydrology, microbiology, geology including geochemistry, land-use planning, sustainable agriculture, applied biology and related genetic engineering of crop and microbial species, simulation modeling and data acquisition, storage, and information handling.