Join us once again in 2024 for our annual summer field days! These events are designed to provide research updates, answer questions and continue to strengthen relationships with our stakeholders, communities and partners all across Montana. We hope to see you there!

August 29th, 2024 at the BART & Horticulture Farm at 5pm

• The Bozeman Agricultural Research and Teaching Farm (BART Farm), formerly known as the Towne Farm, is located west the main MSU campus off 19th Avenue. The BART Farm is dedicated to the service and support of research, teaching and MSU Extension activities relating to livestock and livestock management. It comprises 474 acres and includes the Oscar Thomas Nutrition Center, Miller Pavilion, MSU Farrier School and Horticulture Farm. BART also has a research feedlot, Calan gate facility, GrowSafe system, feedmill and artificial insemination building. Surrounding pastures and hayfields help support the animals housed there, including beef cattle, sheep and horses. The farm is dedicated to the service and support of research, teaching and extension activities relating mainly to animals and animal management.
• The Horticulture Farm, located at the BART Farms, is ten acres of land, eight of which are cultivated. There are also seven high tunnels. The Hort Farm supports horticulture teaching (turf grass management and organic market gardening) and research programs in Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, and Electrical Engineering. Other farm projects include a fruit orchard, an experimental vineyard, and MSU’s Honey Bee Research Site and Pollinator Garden. Over the summer, the farm hosts several MSU courses including Market Gardening, Crop Identification, Soils, and Culinary Marketing. The Hort Farm is also home to Towne’s Harvest Garden, a three-acre diversified vegetable and educational research farm that supports a student-run, community-supported agriculture program. Towne’s Harvest Garden promotes learning about food production, the value of eating and supporting local foods, community building and individual empowerment. Much of the research from the MAES Small Farms Program research takes place at the Horticulture Farm.