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Michigan potato and dry bean producers are the main beneficiaries of the research conducted at the 57-acre Montcalm Research Center.

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Established 1966

Michigan potato and dry bean producers are the main beneficiaries of the research conducted at the 57-acre Montcalm Research Center. The center also leases 40 additional acres for research and demonstration projects. Research activities include potato variety evaluation, cultural practices, fertility and weed, insect and disease control. Michigan ranks sixth in the nation in potato production value and is the No. 1 producer of chipping potatoes in the country. The center is adjacent to the Burt Cargill Potato Demonstration Storage facility which consists of two buildings that, combined, house nine 50,000-pound bulk potato storages. These storages allow researchers to study the commercial potential of new processing potato varieties as well as perform other post-harvest evaluations under simulated commercial evaluation.

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  • Save the dates for 2019 MSU research center field days

    Published on May 23, 2019
    The public is invited to learn about the research work of Michigan State University around the state during the upcoming 2019 MSU AgBioResearch field days.

  • Michigan State University scientists to showcase latest in agricultural research

    Published on May 8, 2018
    Members of Michigan’s agriculture industry and local residents are invited to attend the upcoming research field days at Michigan State University’s outlying research facilities throughout the state this summer.

  • MSU AgBioResearch announces field day schedule for summer 2017

    Published on May 18, 2017
    Members of the Michigan agriculture industry and others are invited to tour several of the Michigan State University research facilities this summer during the annual field day festivities.

  • MSU awarded grant for innovative soil research

    Published on November 16, 2016
    MSU AgBioResearch soil scientist Lisa Tiemann has been awarded $300,000 from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to conduct research that advances FFAR's mission of addressing world food and agriculture challenges in innovative ways.

  • Potato progress: 50 years at MSU Montcalm Research Center

    Published on November 7, 2016
    Michigan State University has been conducting industry-leading potato research at the Montcalm Research Center for 50 years.

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