{"id":15272,"date":"2026-01-12T14:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=15272"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:24:29","slug":"ingenuity-2026-new-ag-building-advances-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/magazine\/ingenuity-2026-new-ag-building-advances-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingenuity 2026: New Ag Building Advances Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5015-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"The new Agricultural Research &amp; Education Center at University of Maryland Eastern Shore takes shape.\" class=\"wp-image-15273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5015-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5015-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5015-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5015-1536x854.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5015-2048x1139.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finishing touches are being made to the Agricultural Research &amp; Education Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newly constructed building, slated to open in 2026, will provide modern research and education space, better positioning UMES for continued agriculture innovation to support agribusiness and economic development throughout Maryland and the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At about 25,000 square feet, the center features six specialized research labs and accompanying support space, and six greenhouses of varying sizes, as well as traditional classrooms, conference rooms and office space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5007-1.jpg\" alt=\"Work continues on new Agricultural Research &amp; Education Center at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.\" class=\"wp-image-15276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5007-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5007-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-5007-1-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-4978-1.jpg\" alt=\"The new Agricultural Research &amp; Education Center at University of Maryland Eastern Shore takes shape.\" class=\"wp-image-15277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-4978-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-4978-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2026\/01\/TGD-AgRECbuilding-112025-4978-1-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing touches are being made to the Agricultural Research &amp; Education Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.&nbsp; The newly constructed building, slated to open in 2026, will provide modern research and education space, better positioning UMES for continued agriculture innovation to support agribusiness and economic development throughout Maryland and the region.&nbsp; At about&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/magazine\/ingenuity-2026-new-ag-building-advances-research\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Ingenuity 2026: New Ag Building Advances Research<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":38,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,38],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ingenuity","category-magazine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15272"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}