The Agronomic Experimental Station of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS EEA) is a subsidiary body of the Faculty of Agronomy, with a total area of 1.560 hectares. In the EEA, the part referring to field of most of the research carried out by professors and students of the Faculty of Agronomy and Zootechnics degree, and other units UFRGS, as the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Ecology, the Institute of Biosciences and Hydraulic Research (IPH), are performed. The Zootechnics degree started at grade level in 2013, and some of their activities of teaching, research and extension has been developed in the EEA.

The researches carried out in the EEA, involve the cultivation of plants (cereals, forages, fruits, forestry, medicinal, aromatic), animal husbandry (cattle, sheep, birds and bees), conservation of natural resources (soil, water, biodiversity ) agro-meteorological and climatic aspects (automated weather station), integration of crops and livestock, etc.

The EEA-UFRGS also serves as a field laboratory for theoretical disciplines and practices of various courses organized by the Faculty of Agronomy, Zootechnics and Veterinary and other agencies of UFRGS, such as the Institute of Hydraulic Research (IPH) the Geosciences Institute and the School of Engineering.

In addition to meeting the teaching activities of undergraduate and graduate disciplines, the EEA has supported and encouraged the development of courses, trainings and field days for extension workers and farmers in order to disseminate the results of researches to the public, not directly related to the academic environment. Of the total of 1.560 hectares, there is an area of 150 hectares destined for the conservation of the biome of the Central Depression of RS. This is one of the few areas not yet exploited by man in this important biome RS. In the remaining area, about 760 hectares of native grasses are used for meat livestock and research with animal and grazing (meat cattle and sheep), 40 hectares for the research in Horticulture (Pomology), 56 hectares of research on grazing systems and reforestation, and 180 ha for annual crops (50 hectares of crops for the production of grain and 130 hectares of cultivated pastures). The rest of the total area is occupied by internal roads (32 km), facilities (16.098 square meters of built area), ponds (56 ha), Permanent Preservation Areas (PPA) and Legal Reserve (RL).

The EEA-UFRGS aims to support teaching, research and extension activities developed by the faculties of Agronomy, Zootechnics and Veterinary Medicine, from UFRGS, involving professors and students of undergraduate and graduate courses. It is also intended to provide vocational training of manpower, besides offering extension courses and field days for the general public in various agronomic areas.