(MSU News Service)
Programs promoting precision agriculture, youth development, agricultural scholarships and the state’s farm and ranch heritage will all benefit from a newly announced 10-million-dollar gift to Montana State University.
The anonymous donation will establish a series of endowments focused on programs based in the MSU College of Agriculture and MSU Extension.
The largest portion of the gift, 5 million, will endow a dedicated faculty chair in precision agriculture who will lead development of new technologies and their data driven applications for the future of Montana’s largest industry.
In addition to the faculty chair, the endowment will provide 3 million to MSU Extension’s 4H youth development programs, dramatically increasing 4-H’s reach and impact in all 56 Montana Counties and all seven reservations.
