The REEC Network

Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center, Near Mead, NE                                                               

• The center is located within 30 miles of UNL’s East Campus near Mead, NE and consists of 9,600 acres of crop land, pasture and livestock operations. The center also oversees the following
• Barta Brothers Ranch, Rose, NE - A 6,000-acre ranch.
• Haskell Ag Lab, Concord, NE - A 480-acre farm for crop land and beef research facility.
• South Central Ag Lab, Clay Center, NE - A 640-acre farm for crop land research.                                                                                                           

West Central Research, Extension and Education Center, North Platte, NE

• The center is located in a semi-arid environment in the Platte River valley and consists of 1,848 acres, which includes 1,200 acres of grazing pastures and 648 acres for small plot research. The center oversees the following:
• Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory, Whitman, NE - A 12,800-acre working ranch with 700 cows.
• Water Research Lab, Brule, NE - A 1,120-acre farm with five center pivots and two rain fed quarters.
• Henry J. Stumpf International Wheat Center, Grant, NE - A 640-acre farm in southwest Nebraska.

Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center, Scottsbluff, NE

• The center is located on a 156-acre site for small plot research. The center oversees the following:
• Mitchell Lab site, Mitchell, NE - A 269-acre cropland site and the Research Feedlot.
• High Plains Ag Lab, Sidney, NE - A 799-acre farm consisting of cropland and 1,600 acres of pasture.
• Sioux County Experimental Range, Scottsbluff, NE - An 800-acre native range site.