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AGED 398 Research Seminar Poster Session

Clarice Esch, Horticulture Major, in Costa Rica January 2012 conducting research on the genus Gunnera . Clarice was a Goldwater Scholarship National Runner-up last year and a finalist again this year. As an undergraduate, she led the research team.

AGED 398 Research Seminar Poster Session

Are you interested in travelling to Scotland for a WKU Dept. of Agriculture class in the summer of 2012? Mr. Roger Dennis is leading students on the trip of a lifetime to Scotland to study the agriculture and culture there! Dates for the ...trip are May 28 - June 9, 2012. Cost is $3000, plus tuition (WKU tuition for study abroad for 3 hours credit is $150!) Call Mr. Dennis 745-5971 or Dr. Gonzales 270-202-5639 for more information

Spring Classes Begin - January 23, 2011

Graduate Student Bill Penick

Whitney Churchman Homecoming Parade

911 memorial at the Veterans Cemetery near Ft. Knox. The steel beam is from the 78th floor of one of the towers and is 16’ tall and weighs over 6200 lbs.

National Farm Machinery Show - Kentucky Exposition Center - Louisville KY (February 15-18 2012) Photo by: Scott Henson

Educational Display Gardens

High Tunnel Vegetable Production

about us

The Department of Agriculture at Western Kentucky University is part of the Ogden College of Science and Engineering. Classrooms and laboratory facilities for Agriculture are located on the ground, first and second floors of the Environmental Science and Technology Building. The departmental office is in Room 269 of that building.

Our University Farm is located a few miles south of the main campus on HWY 31W. The Farm is 810 acres which include a Grade A Dairy, a classroom-mechanics laboratory facility, horticulture facilities, a beef handling facility, university beef, swine and horse herds, and crop acreage. The farm serves as a laboratory to deliver "hands-on" educational experiences for our students. The Agriculture Exposition Center, also located on the Farm, serves as classroom space, as well as a hub for community related agricultural activities. The Expo provides a 350 seat sales arena and a 2,500 seat show arena.