East Lansing Field Research Facilities

The on-campus field station at Michigan State University provides space for research conducted by MSU faculty members in forestry, entomology, botany and plant pathology, animal science, crop and soil sciences, veterinary medicine and horticulture. The station's 2,739 acres of farmland and forest are located south of Mt. Hope Road on MSU's south campus. An important component of the university's land-grant mission, the on-campus field research facilities allow scientists to perform research close to campus and allow growers to view a number of demonstration plots in one visit to campus. The research plots encompass a broad spectrum of research for Michigan's future: more nutritious food, crops produced with fewer or no pesticides, water quality, wetland preservation, land use and techniques to detect food-borne illness.