Please join us Saturday, July 25th at the Michigan State University Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center, located in Chatham, Mich., to tour the various research efforts underway at the farm. Featured topics include: grazing and pasture management, the Chatham Red Angus herd, malting barley and forage variety trials, season extension technologies at the North Farm, and a rainfall simulation to illustrate infiltration.

Check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the South Farm, located at E3774 University Drive, less than one mile south of the Village of Chatham on Highway M-94. The tour will begin promptly at 9 a.m. with transportation provided throughout the Farm. You will have the opportunity to tour both the North and South Farm sites and interact with the various researchers and staff conducting research at the Center.  

A free lunch is provided, sponsored by the Hiawatha land Farm Bureau, but registration is strongly encouraged so everyone can be accommodated.