The University of Minnesota was the first university supported by the CHS Foundation in 1953 for the Grassland Research and Farm Campus Fund, sparking a nearly 70-year relationship.
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The University of Minnesota was the first university supported by the CHS Foundation in 1953 for the Grassland Research and Farm Campus Fund, sparking a nearly 70-year relationship.