Mission
The Department of Crop and Soil Sciences serves the Land Grant mission and tradition by conducting fundamental and applied plant and soil research, offering nationally and internationally competitive undergraduate and graduate education and training programs, and extending the science of our disciplines to serve the public.
Our mission is to discover and develop principles of plant and soil sciences through scientific investigation and to apply these principles to the development of new crops and varieties, and new crop, soil, and water management practices in agricultural, urban, and natural environments; to teach principles and applications to undergraduate and graduate students; provide experiential training and learning opportunities for students to work with world-class faculty; promote diversity of ideas, people, and cultures; and to disseminate accumulated knowledge through resident instruction, distance and continuing education, extension, publications, and professional associations.
