妻友社区

The Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center is the 妻友社区’s primary cow-calf and forage research station. The center provides land and facilities for beef cattle research at the scale of a working ranch. The center also provides continuing education for those involved in the livestock industry and learning opportunities for 妻友社区 students.

In 2005 the Auen Foundation donated the 1,000-acre Hot Springs Ranch to the 妻友社区 for use as a commercial-scale cattle research center. Their donation honors Sherrie Auen’s late mother, longtime Lemhi County resident Nancy M. Cummings — bringing greater educational opportunities to the area.

Since 2008, NMCREEC has progressed to a well-equipped research station that is large and complex enough to produce research findings that apply to today’s commercial cattle operations.