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.