WT breaks ground on $15M feedlot, education facility

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West Texas A&M University has broken ground on a $15 million research feedlot and education complex.

The project is a partnership between the university, government entities, and private industry donors.

The state-of-the-art facility will feature advanced technology for research, innovation, and student training.

Construction will occur in stages.

CANYON — On a chilly, windy morning at Nance Ranch, university and community leaders stood before mounds of freshly turned dirt as West Texas A&M University broke ground on a $15 million research feedlot and education complex — a project President Walter V. Wendler called “a powerful symbol of unity” across education, agriculture and government in the Texas Panhandle.

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