Agricultural Experiment Station

WAES Mission

Supports fundamental and applied research on agricultural, natural, and community resource issues related to the current and future needs of Wyoming, the region, the nation, and the world.

WAES Vision

Lead the University of Wyoming’s relevant research enterprise that stimulates profitability and diversification of the agricultural economy and the betterment of the environment, ecosystems, and society.

WAES Strategic Plan

R&E Centers

Laramie R&E Center

The mission of the Laramie Research and Extension Center (LREC) is to serve the citizens of Wyoming, the region and the nation by providing the faculty, staff and students of the University of Wyoming quality resources to excel in research, teaching and outreach.

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Powell R&E Center

The Research and Extension Center at Powell (PREC) is dedicated to being the premier irrigated agricultural research and extension center that benefits the citizens of the region, state and nation.

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Sustainable agriculture R&E Center

SAREC at Lingle will serve the citizens of Wyoming, the region and nation by facilitating innovative discovery, dissemination, and dialogue of integrated agricultural systems that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable.

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Sheridan R&E Center

At ShREC we are able to provide dry land and irrigated land for studies to facilitate research and education on agriculture, forage management, horticulture, and viticulture (the science, study and production of grapes), along with various other possibilities.

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