Students in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources are provided invaluable first-hand experience working in their fields of choice.

You're invited! Spring Celebration & Awards Night, Tuesday, May 6

An event to honor you — our outstanding students, employees and supporters — Tuesday, May 6, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Eldorado At THE ROW in Reno.

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Holly Gatzke recognizing Extension's Living With Fire Program with the Outstanding Team Award.

Learning

Preparing students to make meaningful contributions to society as engaged citizens and leaders in a complex world.

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Undergraduate education

Rich learning experiences that provide a broad foundation and deep subject-area expertise.
 

Bachelor's Degrees
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Graduate education

Unmatched opportunities to participate in the advancement of entire fields of knowledge.
 

Master's and Ph.D. degrees
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Lifelong learning

Continuing adult education, professional programs and programs for K-12 students.
 

Non-degree programs

Nevada Field Day & Ag Expo

2-6 p.m., Friday, May 30, 2025 Free & Open to the Public

Learn More About Field Day
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Eight departments & units in which to pursue your passions

Agriculture, Veterinary & Rangeland Sciences Focused on agronomy, horticulture, vet science and rangelands.
Visit the AVRS site
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Dedicated to discovering the basic mechanisms of biological processes.
Visit the BMB site
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Natural Resources & Environmental Science Committed to solving critical environmental challenges with cutting-edge research.
Visit the NRES site
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Nutrition Improving human diet, health and wellbeing through both the classroom and research programs.
Visit the Nutrition site
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Experiment Station The majority of the faculty working with the Experiment Station have joint responsibility with the College’s resident instruction programs.
Visit the Experiment Station site
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Extension Extension education programs are fundamental to transferring knowledge acquired through academic training to the community.
Visit the Extension site
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Extended Studies Improving people's lives by providing high-quality credit and non-credit education at any time or place.
Visit Extended Studies
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Wolf Pack Meats A unique meat processing plant that specializes in student and professor interactions and educational opportunities.
Visit the WPM site
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Latest News Stories

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College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources celebrates excellence at 2025 Spring Awards Night

May 09, 2025

Event honors students, faculty, staff and supporters for achievements in academics, research and service

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University offers agricultural producers help with organic certification and managing summer’s heat

April 24, 2025

Collaborative efforts aim to help state’s agricultural industry thrive with today’s challenges

The Nevada Dairy Farmers award recipients: Connor Anderson (top left), Kallie Carrigan (top right), Kira Rusinyak (bottom left), Acacia Dillion (bottom right).

Students receive $20,000 in agriculture scholarships from the Nevada Dairy Farmers

April 04, 2025

Four outstanding students with agricultural and veterinary science majors were chosen

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College events

May 27
FarmTalk 01:00 PM
May 28
Irrigation 101: Intro to Small-Scale Irrigation (Online) 01:30 PM
May 30
Nevada Field Day & Ag Expo at University of Nevada, Reno Experiment Station's Valley Road Field Lab 02:00 PM Community Outreach
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Research

What the College does at the University of Nevada, Reno matters beyond our own campus. It is about focusing the College's limited resources toward solving urgent and vital problems Nevadans face. Our stakeholders’ greatest problems are not waiting for the right time to be solved; they are waiting for the right people to solve them. Those people are here.

Production agriculture
Training a scientific workforce committed to innovating the way food is grown, processed and distributed to meet and sustain the growing global demand for food.
Natural resources
Providing solutions for complex local, regional, national and global issues related to the management of natural resources.
Human health
Improving dietary recommendations by understanding variability in people’s responses to diets, nutrients and other food constituents.
Renewable energy
Developing energy crops adapted to arid climates and biofuel conversion technologies essential for the expansion of biofuels.

Extension & Outreach

Extension serves more than 100,000 Nevadans annually through a network of specialists, agents and staff by providing unbiased, research-based information driven by local needs and clientele input. From publications to in-person workshops and events, Extension is ready to meet the needs of the state and its communities.

Explore the many subject areas!

4-H Youth Development | Business Management & Economic Development | Children, Youth & Families | Community Development & Vitality | Environment & Nature | Farming & Ranching | Fire | Food Safety & Quality | Forage & Food Crops | Forests & Woodlands | Gardens, Trees & Landscapes | Healthy Eating | Healthy Lifestyle | Healthy Living | Livestock & Domestic Animals | Pests & Plant Diseases | Rangelands | Self Improvement | Water | Wildlife

Friends & alumni

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Great Basin Sagebrush Restoration Fund

Sagebrush ecosystems have eroded to about 56 percent of their historical range. These ecosystems provide vital habitat for many iconic species found in the west. The sagebrush ecosystem is one of the most imperiled in the United States. To date, rehabilitation efforts are proving to be costly and do not always provide intended results. There is an opportunity to improve the efficacy and success of rehabilitation efforts.

Learn more about the Great Basin Sagebrush Restoration Fund

Arid Lands Research Fund

The purpose of the Fund is to advance research and development of cost-effective methodologies for restoration of degraded arid lands and riparian areas within arid lands.  The team assembled includes the University of Nevada and other institutions with diverse backgrounds in soil science, plant community ecology, natural resource economics, native seed ecology and landscape ecology.  

Learn more about the Arid Lands Research Fund
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Tribal Student Program

A program designed to recruit, retain, and graduate American Indian/Alaska Native students in the Agricultural Sciences.

To learn more about the program
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