University of Idaho Opens New Ag Facility

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The University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) has opened a new laboratory at its Parma Research and Extension Center. The 9,600-square-foot Idaho Center for Plant and Soil Health contains laboratory space for research in nematology, pomology, plant pathology and microbiology.

CALS launched a campaign to construct the $12.1 million facility in 2019. Construction was funded by $3 million in donations from agricultural stakeholders, in addition to investments from the university and the state of Idaho.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little speaks at the grand opening of the new CALS facility. Photos courtesy Bill Schaefer