Nancy Cameron Endowed Chair in Range Beef Cattle Production
" I am pleased to build on the heritage of the Cameron pioneer family, while making a significant difference and direct benefit to Montana ranchers and the state's greater agricultural community."
- Nancy Cameron, MSU alumna and chair founder
The MSU Endowed Chair in Range Beef Cattle Nutrition & Management Research for Montana
Increasingly, Montana cattle producers are facing unique challenges in nutrient utilization,
genetic management of herds, reproductive performance, neo-natal health, zoonotic
diseases, external parasites, animal diseases, and management of range resources.
Thanks to a $2 million gift by MSU alumna Nancy Cameron in 2013, MSU’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences created the university’s first-ever endowed chair in range beef research, the Nancy Cameron Endowed Chair in Range Beef Cattle Production. The following year, Dr. Timothy DelCurto was hired as MSU’s endowed chair. He will lead faculty and students in research providing direct benefits to Montana ranchers.
MSU has a commitment to lead and conduct agricultural research that produces results for Montana’s agricultural challenges, both old and new. The College of Agriculture and Animal and Range Sciences Department work closely with stakeholders, producers, grower groups and state agencies, dedicated advisory boards and MSU research centers to keep MSU's learning, teaching and research missions current and advancing into the future.