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New Franklin, Howard County
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Superintendent:
Gene Garrett
Farm Manager:
Ray Glendening
Nancy Bishop
10 Research Center Rd.
New Franklin, MO 65274
Phone: 660-848-2268
Fax: 660-848-2144
Email: Bishopn@missouri.edu
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Research and Discovery
- Horticulture Research
- Agroforestry Research
HARC is the primary research site for the University of Missouri Center for
Agroforestry. This 660-acre farm opened in 1953, incorporated a major
agroforestry dimension in 1993, and includes several experimental fruit and nut
orchards; forest farming, riparian buffer and silvopasture demonstrations;
forage shade trials; greenhouses; a flood tolerance laboratory; five lakes and
ponds and one of Missouri's oldest brick homes, the 1819 Thomas Hickman House.
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