New Hampshire's Agricultural Experiment Station's Woodman Horticultural Research Farm and Fairchild Research Dairy
After a challenging 18 months, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station—the state's public research and development agency for agricultural, food, natural resource, and environmental—is delighted to welcome back members of our community to introduce and re-introduce themselves with our research and facilities!
Visit and learn about two of the Agricultural Experiment Station's research farms.
Fairchild Teaching and Research Dairy
Saturday, August 21, 9:30–10:30 a.m.
Modeled after a typical New England Dairy operation to ensure that new research and management expertise is directly applicable to many state and regional stakeholders, the Fairchild Dairy houses approximately 90 milking-age cows and approximately 70 growing, replacement animals. This tour will be led by the dairy's manager, Jon Whitehouse, who will provide an overview of the ongoing research projects, describe daily operations and show the milking parlor, and show you our research and teaching Holstein cow herd.
Woodman Horticultural Research Farm
Saturday, August 21, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
The Woodman farm is the research center for developing and testing new fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crop varieties, assessing alternative crop management techniques, understanding the impacts and best strategies for protecting against pests and diseases, and working on organic production. The Woodman manager, Evan Ford, will lead the tour and help you learn what a kiwiberry is, why you might start eating more seedless grapes grown in New Hampshire, how scientists are determining whether alternative pruning techniques can help grow better tomatoes, among other ongoing research projects.
Due to UNH COVID-19 precautions, each tour will be limited to 25 participants and pre-registration is required. Please use the registration form below to register. We look forward to seeing you (back) at our research facilities!
