Agricultural Business Development :: Program Facilities

The Morrisville State College Dairy Complex
Morrisville's high-tech dairy complex sits high on a hill overlooking the rest of the campus.

Facilities include a freestall barn with an electronically enhanced milking parlor and classrooms connected to dairy cattle management software, two technologically advanced freestall heifer barns, and a calf barn.

The college maintains a herd of 405 dairy cows. Each milking cow averages 22,000 pounds of milk per year, some of which is used on campus.


Nelson Farms
Nelson Farms is Morrisville State College's small-scale food processing center located 8 miles from the college in Nelson, N.Y. It serves New York farmers, small business owners and entrepreneurs in producing, packaging and marketing products. Currently, more than 250 clients produce 500+ products at the facility, with an average of 18,300 units produced per month. Clients' products are carried in more than 1,000 retail outlets.

Students outside of Nelson Farms

Agricultural Business Development students at Nelson Farms

The Nelson Farms Country store (located at Nelson Farms) is a gourmet market which features products produced at the facility as well as other New York products. In addition, several special events, such as product tastings, are offered to the public. Its hours of operation are: Tues.-Fri., 10 am - 5:30 pm and Sat. 10 am - 4 pm.

Agricultural Business Development students working in the experiential laboratory at Nelson Farms

Morrisville State College students in several programs of study use Nelson Farms as an experiential laboratory, gaining real-world experience in agritourism, marketing, entrepreneurship, and value-added agriculture and development.

Visit Nelson Farms' Web site.


The Agri-Business Center
The Agri-Business Center is a full-service dairy incubator located on the Morrisville State College campus. Its mission is to create and expand agricultural entrepreneurialism in New York state. The center has the capability to process almost any kind of dairy or pasteurized product and currently processes milk and ice cream for use in the Morrisville State College dining facilities.

Students in several programs of study, including Agricultural Business Development, Agricultural Business and Animal Science - Dairy, use the Agri-Business Center as an experiential laboratory.

Visit the Agri-Business Center Web site.


ThinkPad University
Agricultural Business Development is an IBM ThinkPad University program in which laptop computers are fully integrated into the classroom environment.