Time-lapse Video of Construction from March 3 to May 20, 2009
NEW! February 24, 2010 Photographic Tour
The Vision
A state-of-the-art Animal Bioscience Complex will allow the growth and expansion of education and research programs that better meet current and future needs of agriculture, in particular, the teaching and research programs from the Department of Animal and Range Sciences. Programs will increase competitiveness and profitability of agriculture, especially the range-livestock industry, and prepare the agriculture community for the 21st century. The Complex will provide opportunities to promote wise multiple-use stewardship of Montana’s natural resources and celebrate Montana’s rich agricultural heritage.
The $36.5 million Animal Bioscience Complex with consist of two buildings: a USDA-Agricultural Research Service research building and an MSU teaching facility.
Teaching Facility …
The $16 million teaching facility will house the Department of Animal and Range Sciences. The outreach capabilities of the facility will ensure that both students and producers are kept abreast of animal and range teaching and research conducted at MSU, including the functional genetics research occurring in the USDA-ARS facility.
Ranchers Circle: The Ranchers Circle recognizes ranches, businesses or individuals that
commit $10,000 or more to the teaching facility. Ranchers Circle members receive a gold lapel
pin and are publicly recognized in various ways by the College of Agriculture. There are
currently 141 members of the Ranchers Circle.
All members of the Ranchers
Circle will be permanently recognized in a unique way in the building. The Ranchers Circle members are listed on a separate page.
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Research Facility . The $24 million research building funded, built, and staffed by USDA-ARS will be dedicated to work on functional bovine genetics in partnership with the MSU College of Agriculture, USDA-ARS in Miles City and the U.S. Meat Animal Research Facility at Clay Center, NE. The goal is to unlock the genetic information needed and apply this science to enhance the efficient production of safe, consistently high-quality meat products.
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