[2] The State Council agreed to merge 7 organizations as new Northwest A&F University[3] in a reply to the proposal drafted by Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Province Government.

A financial budget of 600,000,000 RMB was granted as start fund and further investment plan as well as related issue such as reshuffle were also briefly stated in this official reply.

[citation needed] On 11 September 1999, a central government delegation led by Vice Premier Li Lanqing attended the opening ceremony and made the announcement.

Northwest A&F University's research achievements are dominant in the fields of agriculture biology including wheat breeding, entomology, agriculture resource management, horticulture, plant protection, food science (especially in Enology), forestry and veterinary.

[18] Regarding scientific research output, the Nature Index 2022 placed NWAFU 334th in the world.