Michigan State University is a public land-grant university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, and the university says it was the first institution of higher learning in the United States to teach scientific agriculture. Its enrolment report put total enrolment at 50,941 students in fall 2026.
Agriculture is taught in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR). Its dean, Matthew Daum, has described the college as having 12 academic units, working with MSU Extension, which operates in all Michigan counties, and MSU AgBioResearch, a research portfolio in agriculture and natural resources that spans seven colleges. AgBioResearch and MSU Extension hold field days with commodity organisations and industry groups at centres including the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center and the Montcalm Research Center, covering topics such as regenerative agriculture, weeds and invasive species, row crops and specialty crops. The university reported $992M in research expenditures for 2025.