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Get the latest news and updates on our progress toward the Agriculture Innovation Initiative's ambitious goals.

Latest Updates

Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation Beam Signing & Topping Out Milestones

May 7, 2025

The Beam Signing and Topping Out events celebrated a major construction milestone for the new Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation.

 

2024 Ag Innovation Initiative Year in Review

December 18, 2024

Watch a video recapping the progress made in 2024 for the initiative and read about the milestones accomplished this year.

 

Bilbrey Family Event Center Beam Signing

October 28, 2024

The Bilbrey Family Event Center Beam Signing was held on Wednesday, November 20. This construction milestone was celebrated at the Stanley Stout Center.

 

Agriculture Innovation Initiative: Focus on the Department of Agronomy

July 25, 2024

The Agriculture Innovation Initiative includes exciting new facilities and upgrades for students, faculty, and industry partners in the agronomy department.

 

Kansas State University receives $25M matching award from Kansas Legislature

May 28, 2024

The Kansas Legislature awarded K-State $25 million in matching funds for the Agriculture Innovation Initiative.

 

K-State breaks ground on Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation

May 17, 2024

The College of Agriculture's Global Center for Grain and Food Innovation groundbreaking was held on Friday, May 17 on the east lawn of Weber Hall on campus.

 

ADM donates $1 million to agricultural innovation at Kansas State University

May 8, 2024

A global leader in human and animal nutrition commits to helping advance K-State’s Agriculture Innovation Initiative. The Kansas State University Foundation today announced that ADM has pledged $1 million.

 

Agriculture Innovation Initiative: Focus on the Grain Science and Industry Department

April 25, 2024

The Agriculture Innovation Initiative includes exciting new facilities and upgrades for students, faculty, and industry partners in the grain science and industry department.

 

Kansas Farm Bureau is using the past to help build a brighter future for K-State’s College of Agriculture

March 26, 2024

Kansas Farm Bureau is truly helping build a brighter future with a donation of $5 million, the largest donation in the organization’s history, to support the Agriculture Innovation Initiative.

 

Ag Innovation Initiative: Focus on the Animal Sciences and Industry Department

February 19, 2024

The Agriculture Innovation Initiative includes exciting new facilities and upgrades for students, faculty, and industry partners.

 

One Family is Helping the College of Agriculture Dream Big with the Bilbrey Family Event Center

January 31, 2024

JP and Teresa Bilbrey are helping the dreams of many current and past generations come true with their generous support for the new Bilbrey Family Event Center.

 

K-State breaks ground on Bilbrey Family Event Center

December 15, 2023

The College of Agriculture's Bilbrey Event Center groundbreaking was held on Friday, Dec. 15, at the Stanley Stout Center.

 

Kansas Soybean farmers believe in the importance of investing in the Ag Innovation at K-State

December 13, 2023

With a pledge of $4 million to the College of Agriculture’s new Ag Innovation Initiative, the Kansas Soybean Commission believes the opportunities and interactions that the initiative will bring will help reach their own goals of research, education and development.

 

Now is the Time to Invest in the Future of the College of Agriculture - Troy Anderson, Ardent Mills

November 13, 2023

Troy Anderson, vice president of operations at Ardent Mills and K-State Class of 1992 graduate, has been a lead voice for the Ardent Mills gift to the Ag Innovation Initiative and believes that this initiative's success is fundamental to the College of Agriculture at K-State.

 

K-State breaks ground on Agronomy Research and Innovation Center

May 16, 2023

Governor Laura Kelly joined university, state and national officials in a symbolic groundbreaking for K-State's Agronomy Research and Innovation Center on May 15.

 

Farm Credit Associations of Kansas and CoBank invest $1 million in Kansas State University’s College of Agriculture’s innovation centers

April 11, 2023

Four Kansas Farm Credit Associations and CoBank recently combined to give $1 million to support the Kansas State University College of Agriculture’s innovation centers for grain, food, animal and agronomy research. This investment will fund new facilities and renovations of current buildings, along with improvements in the technology and equipment necessary for interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research and continue to enhance the college’s exceptional student experience.

 

Ardent Mills donates $3.5 million for Kansas State University’s new agriculture innovation centers

March 17, 2023

The premier flour milling and ingredient company commits to helping advance K-State’s global grains and food initiative. The Kansas State University Foundation today announced that Ardent Mills has pledged $3.5 million to support the Kansas State University College of Agriculture’s innovation centers for grain, food, animal and agronomy research.

 

Kansas State University receives $25 million Challenge Grant Award

February 13, 2023

Kansas State University today announced that the university was awarded $25 million through the State of Kansas' Department of Commerce Challenge Grant program. The Kansas Legislature challenged all state educational institutions to leverage private monies with the state funds at a three-to-one ratio for facilities construction and renovation projects.

 

Kansas Farm Bureau donates $5 million for K-State’s new agriculture buildings project

October 11, 2022

Kansas Farm Bureau has pledged the largest donation in the organization’s history: $5 million over five years to support the Kansas State University College of Agriculture’s innovation centers for grain, food, animal and agronomy research. The two new innovation centers will focus on the development and diversification of Kansas and the world’s food and agricultural economy.

 

Kansas Soybean Commission donates $4 million for Kansas State University’s new agriculture facilities

October 11, 2022

The Kansas Soybean Commission has pledged $4 million to support the Kansas State University College of Agriculture’s innovation centers for grain, food, animal and agronomy research. This investment will fund new facilities, renovations of current buildings and improvements in the technology and equipment necessary for interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research and continue to enhance the college’s exceptional student experience.