CLC AG & ENERGY

The farm was originally started as a research and demonstration farm for irrigation named CMDRIF, Central Minnesota Demonstration and Research Irrigation Farm. The farm began to demonstrate and research irrigation becoming the region's irrigation catalyst and expanding the use of this critical management tool. This significantly impacted farmers in the area that began to implement these practices within their own farming operations. Research and experimentation was a key factor in introducing new crops such as edible beans. The farm has evolved to be the CLC Ag and Energy Center and still strives to be a catalyst for agriculture research and demonstration in the coarse, sandy plains of Minnesota. Today the CLC Ag & Energy Center is a self sustaining entity of Central Lakes College. To learn more about the history of Central Lakes College Ag & Energy Center history visit our history page.