Research Facilities
Built for discovery. Connected to the real world.
K-State researchers work across specialized laboratories, innovation centers, research farms, experiment fields and working agricultural environments throughout Kansas.
Together, those capabilities allow researchers to move from fundamental discovery to field-scale testing — while working with the people and industries agriculture depends on.
Building the next generation of agricultural research
K-State's Agriculture Innovation Initiative is creating and renewing research spaces designed for collaboration across disciplines, industries and agricultural systems.
L. Eldon Gideon Agronomy Research and Innovation Complex
The complex expands K-State's capabilities in crop production, plant breeding and genetics, soil and environmental science, precision agriculture, water and nutrient management, and emerging technologies.
Its research and collaboration spaces connect laboratory science, data and visualization with nearby agronomy research farms and field-scale work.
Western Star Global Grain and Food Center
The Western Star Global Grain and Food Center expands research and collaboration across grain, food and animal sciences.
Interdisciplinary laboratories, pilot-scale processing capabilities and industry-partner spaces will support research in food safety, product development, processing, and grain and food systems.
These facilities are part of a broader investment in College of Agriculture infrastructure supporting research, learning and industry collaboration.
Specialized research capabilities
K-State researchers have access to facilities and expertise spanning the agricultural and food system.
Crop, soil & digital agriculture
Laboratories, greenhouses, research farms and experiment fields support plant breeding and genetics, crop physiology, soils, nutrient and water management, cropping systems and precision agriculture.
Grain, food, feed & bioprocessing
Capabilities span grain quality, milling, baking, feed manufacturing, extrusion, bioprocessing, food safety, product development and pilot-scale processing.
Specialized environments include the BIVAP Innovation Center, Hal Ross Flour Mill and O.H. Kruse Feed Technology Innovation Center.
Animal & livestock research
Specialized laboratories, animal research units and partnerships with commercial operations support research in nutrition, genetics, reproduction, physiology, management, meat science and livestock production.
Biosecurity & biocontainment
The Biosecurity Research Institute at Pat Roberts Hall provides specialized biocontainment capabilities for research addressing threats to plant, animal and human health.
Its BSL-3, ABSL-3 and BSL3-Ag environments support multidisciplinary infectious-disease research and contribute to Manhattan's broader biosecurity research ecosystem.
Research across Kansas
K-State's research environment extends far beyond campus.
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station research centers, experiment fields and other locations allow scientists to evaluate questions across different soils, climates, water conditions, crops and livestock systems.
Research also extends onto farms, ranches and commercial operations through partnerships with producers, businesses and organizations across the state.
Those relationships matter as much as geography. Producers, Extension professionals, industry and communities help identify important questions and give research findings real-world context.
The result is a research network that allows K-State to study agricultural challenges at the scale and in the setting where they make the most sense.
- Agricultural Research Center-Hays
- John C. Pair Center
- K-State Extension Statewide Locations
- Northwest Research-Extension Center, Colby
- Olathe Horticulture Research and Extension Center, or OHREC
- Southeast Research-Extension Center - Parsons
- Southwest Research-Extension Center, Garden City
- Southwest Research-Extension Center, Tribune