Events

June 10, 2025:
2^nd Annual Food Grade Grains Field Day at MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station. During this field day, presenters and attendees will discuss the agronomic, processing, and end user quality needs and considerations of various grains. The event will specifically highlight wheat, rye, barley, and dry beans – experiences around growing or using other small grains are welcome! This event will touch on relevant information for farmers, millers, maltsters, food manufacturers, brewers, distillers, CPGs, researchers, and those invested in improving food grade grain production and processing in the Upper Midwest.
Registration required: https://events.anr.msu.edu/foodgradegrains25/

Feb 4-5, 2026:
Michigan Agriculture Advancement’s 8th Annual Underground Innovations meeting will take place at the Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth, MI. The conference features a great line up of speakers on topics such as cover crops, grazing, strip-till, food grade grains, and new crop markets. Speakers will share how they’ve come to adopt new practices on their farms, how they’ve gotten to this point, and where they are looking to go in the future. Network with producers from across Michigan and beyond to help take ideas home to implement on your own operations.