Damaging hail occurs an average of seven days each year. In 1993 the UW Research and Extension Center at Archer developed a strategic plan to help identify objectives and direction for the station. According to a mission statement, the station should provide relevant dryland crop and livestock information to Wyoming people to improve and enhance their decision making process, resulting in greater economic returns and quality of life. The summer field day and an annual weed tour are usually held in July to provide mature crop evaluation results. These field days attract approximately 50 to 75 people.
Schools continue to use the station for field trips in the spring, during lambing season.
The station has entered into a cooperative arrangement with the Laramie County Conservation District for the demonstration of different windbreak tree design plantings. The conservation district is developing information for use, and the plot is used as part of field days. The station is developing an agreement between Monsanto and the University of Wyoming for a Direct Seeding project. This project will provide continuous cropping on dryland farming. This could revolutionize the wheat fallow rotation system that has existed for 60 years in this area.