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Powell Research and Extension Center

The University of Wyoming Powell Research and Extension Center (PREC) conducts irrigated crop research that includes screening varieties of specialty crops including chickpea, dry bean, field peas, and hops for yield and tolerance to water stress; conventional and glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa variety trials; grain corn, forage barley, and malt barley variety trials; tillage and soil fertility trials on barley, corn, dry bean, emmer, spelt, and sugar beet; planting date studies with chickpea; high tunnel production; intercropping systems; and pest control.

PREC donates a portion of its dry edible beans and peas to the Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies in Powell.

PREC director:
Andrea Garfinkel; farm manager: Samual George; assistant farm managers: Brad May and Keith Schaefer; research associate: Heidi Pick; office associate: Wendy Files; Wyoming Seed Certification Service manager: Jolene Sweet; WSCS assistant manager: Cody Hurford; Wyoming Seed Analysis Laboratory manager: Rachel Geary; WSAL research assistants: Crystal May and Tonya Espinosa
Location:
Powell
Email:
uwprec@uwyo.edu or wjohns14@uwyo.edu (Wendy) or agarfink@uwyo.edu (Andrea)
Phone:
307-754-2223
Website:
https://www.uwyo.edu/uwexpstn/centers/powell/

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Hops growing in a greenhouse
The Powell Research and Extension Center conducts a variety of research, both in the field and in greenhouses and high tunnels. Among them are studies relating to chickpea, dry bean, field peas, hops, and other specialty crops.
The Powell Research and Extension Center, along with agriculture students in the hops program at Northwest College, are studying hops for yield and tolerance to stress. Here, a team harvests hops, an herbaceous perennial vine that doesn’t require planting each year. Many Bighorn Basin farmers grow malting barley as part of their crop rotations, and hops are also used in beer making.
The Powell Research and Extension Center, along with agriculture students in the hops program at Northwest College, are studying hops for yield and tolerance to stress. Here, a team harvests hops, an herbaceous perennial vine that doesn’t require planting each year. Many Bighorn Basin farmers grow malting barley as part of their crop rotations, and hops are also used in beer making.