Growing profitable, healthy field crops like wheat, corn or barley is a complex science that requires an understanding of microbiology, entomology, engineering, business, and many other fields.
This program provides the broad-based knowledge to grow successful crops. Students will explore soils, weeds, plant breeding, microbes, insects, and other areas related to plant growth. Students will also study advanced growing techniques, like biotechnology and global positioning systems (GPS).
Much of the students' education takes place in the on-campus greenhouses and in the lab, where they might insert a jellyfish gene into tobacco to make it glow in the dark, produce biodiesel from canola seeds and create a dual potato-tomato plant through grafting.
