DEWITT, Mich. — The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan (CMPM) has teamed up with Michigan Agricultural Commodities to host a series of meetings across the state that will bring together local farmers, grain marketers and staff to discuss the crop outlook for the 2017 corn harvest.
CMPM staff will be on the road through the month of August conducting yield checks across the state and each meeting will begin with an update on the crop conditions in the area. Meetings also includes a meal, a market outlook and time to ask questions about the work of CMPM and the Michigan Corn Growers Association.
Attendees will receive one RUP credit and one CCA credit(0.5 pest management and 0.5 crop management) per event.
Farmers and media are invited to attend any of the following events:
2017 Event Dates and Locations
August 22 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
Miller Family Farms – 6757 Warren Rd, Elsie, MI 48831
August 23 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
Zwerk & Sons Farms – 7647 Sanilac Rd (M46) Vassar, MI 48768
August 24 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
Gentner-Bischer Farms – 5072 Finkle Rd, Minden City, MI 48456
August 25 – Lunch at 12:00 pm
John Ferkowicz’s Farm – 9335 Merrill Rd, Silverwood, MI 48760
August 28 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
Main Farms – 2364 N. Gravel Ridge Rd., Trufant, MI 49347
August 29 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
Berrybrook Enterprises – 26761 Dewey Lake Street, Dowagiac MI 49047
August 30 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
North Concord Farms – 3400 N. Concord Rd., Concord, MI 49237
August 31 – Dinner at 6:30 pm
James & Laurie Isley’s Farm – 2683 S. Grosvenor Hwy, Palmyra MI 4926
For more information, or to RSVP, please visit us online at www.micorn.org or call (517) 668-2676.
— Corn Marketing Program of Michigan
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