BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260812T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260812T160000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Lenawee Conservation District Presents: Lenawee Center for Excellence Field Day DESCRIPTION:Since its inception in 1996\, the Center for Excellence has grown to become a familiar educational platform for agricultural technology and innovation. On-farm demonstration plots show the economics of using conservation tillage and the latest technology available to farmers. Two 40-acre family farms in SW Michigan are used for demonstration during field day activities. Bakerlads Farms in Clayton\, on highly erodible soil\, demonstrates various tillage systems and a closed loop waste water wetland sub-irrigation system. Hartland Farms in Hudson demonstrates the newest technology available to landowners/farmers. A field day is hosted each August to view the in-field research and a Yield Results Crops Day is held in January to review data.The 2025 Center for Excellence Field Day is coming up on August 13th. Approximately 350 people have attended this event in past years. It has become the largest agricultural event in southeast Michigan.The morning Field Day line-up at Bakerlads Farm in Clayton includes concurring sessions and trailer tours hosting a variety of new conservation technology stops.The afternoon portion of the Field Day is at Hartland Farms in Hudson for lunch and additional speakers and equipment demonstrations.The Field Day was also an approved MAEAP Phase I meeting\, and RUP and CCA credits were awarded.A printed report is mailed out in early February to Field Day attendees. To request a printed report\, please use the contact form or reach out to us at lenaweecd@macd.org or 517-263-7400 x 5Register HERE! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since its inception in 1996\, the Center for Excellence has grown to become a familiar educational platform for agricultural technology and innovation. On-farm demonstration plots show the economics of using conservation tillage and the latest technology available to farmers. Two 40-acre family farms in SW Michigan are used for demonstration during field day activities. Bakerlads Farms in Clayton\, on highly erodible soil\, demonstrates various tillage systems and a closed loop waste water wetland sub-irrigation system. Hartland Farms in Hudson demonstrates the newest technology available to landowners/farmers. A field day is hosted each August to view the in-field research and a Yield Results Crops Day is held in January to review data.

The 2025 Center for Excellence Field Day is coming up on August 13th. Approximately 350 people have attended this event in past years. It has become the largest agricultural event in southeast Michigan.

The morning Field Day line-up at Bakerlads Farm in Clayton includes concurring sessions and trailer tours hosting a variety of new conservation technology stops.

The afternoon portion of the Field Day is at Hartland Farms in Hudson for lunch and additional speakers and equipment demonstrations.

The Field Day was also an approved MAEAP Phase I meeting\, and RUP and CCA credits were awarded.

A printed report is mailed out in early February to Field Day attendees. To request a printed report\, please use the contact form or reach out to us at lenaweecd@macd.org or 517-263-7400 x 5

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