The Bradford Research Farm, a 591-acre tract, is one of the flagship research farms and agricultural experiment stations located in the U.S. state of

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

. Affiliated with the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

(UM), a

land-grant university A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Morrill Acts of 1862 and ...

, the Bradford Farm is located 11 miles east of the MU campus in the university city of Columbia. As a research station, the Bradford Farm specializes in drought research, crop productivity research, and plant breeding. The Bradford Farm also hosts agricultural extension events, including FFA/4H gatherings, and community events.

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