AgResearch

AgResearch
Āta mātai, mātai whetū
Agency overview
Formed1992
Dissolved30 June 2025
Superseding agency
HeadquartersLincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
Agency executives
  • Dr. Sue Bidrose, Chief Executive
  • Dr. Paul Reynolds, QSO, Chair
Websitewww.agresearch.co.nz

AgResearch Ltd (formerly known as New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) was one of New Zealand's largest Crown Research Institutes with over 700 staff and revenue of NZ$160.7 million in the year to June 2014. The New Zealand Government merged the institute into the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science on 1 July 2025.