The Oklahoma Legislature has approved $40 million in state funding to create the Agronomy Discovery Center at Oklahoma State University’s Agronomy Research Station in Stillwater.

This comprehensive modernization will enhance OSU’s agronomy research enterprise — from its world-renowned wheat breeding program to its nationally recognized turfgrass science program and broader crop and soil research — and strengthen Oklahoma’s $42 billion agricultural economy.

The investment, along with private support, will fund construction to expand one of the nation’s most prominent public crop breeding programs. In addition to research, the new center will be home to related OSU Extension and Ferguson College of Agriculture academic programs.