The High Plains Agricultural Laboratory is a 2,410-acre University of Nebraska research farm six miles north of Sidney on Highway 385, in Cheyenne County — about 710 acres of crop land in seventeen fields and 1,700 acres of pasture in twelve pastures. It runs 50 to 60 trials a year in agronomy, plant breeding, plant pathology, soil fertility, irrigation, entomology, weed science, agricultural economics and livestock nutrition, and holds an annual field day. It is part of the Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center at Scottsbluff.