Who We Are

The University of Idaho Research and Extension Center at Aberdeen is one of six off-campus centers of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station. The centers are located in various agricultural areas of the state, with the main campus located at Moscow. The Aberdeen Center's primary focus is potato and cereal production, although research on sugarbeets, alfalfa, canola, and other crops grown in eastern Idaho are also conducted at the Center.

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The Aberdeen Center was established in 1911 to serve both irrigated and dryland agricultural in Eastern and Southern Idaho. At the time is was known as the Aberdeen Substation and was composed of 80 acres, with 16 irrigated acres. The land was purchased by the University of Idaho in 1925 and subsequently became known as the Aberdeen Branch Station. The current name of the facility is the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center. It consists of approximately 440 acres of land, 360 of which are used for irrigated crop research. Water is supplied by four irrigation wells and the Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Company. The Center's building facilities include two office buildings, fully equipped laboratories for cereal and potato research, ten greenhouses, three potato storages, a shop, chemical building, and various other minor structures. The USDA National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility is also located at the Center, as is the Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Center.

The Aberdeen Research and Extension Center is known nationally and internationally, and each year the center receives visitors from countries throughout the world. The Center hosts several field days annually and the faculty also participate in winter commodity conferences and training sessions. The purpose of these activities is to present information to producers and associated agri-business personnel on cultivator performance, improve crop and pest management practices, and marketing