Montana State's central research center works on crop yield and profit

Reagan Cotton

MSU News Service

BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that in 2023, nearly 5.3 million acres of wheat, 1.2 million acres of barley and more than 1 million acres of pulse crops were planted in Montana.

At Montana State University’s Central Agricultural Research Center, scientists are aiming to maximize the yield and profit that come from that acreage, with a focus on central Montana.

The research center, located just outside Moccasin, is the second-largest of the seven facilities in MSU’s Department of Research Centers at around 600 acres. Part of the Montana Agr...