September 30, 2026
Frank Wardynski
906-884-4386 wardynsk@msu.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Michigan State University Extension will be hosting pasture walks at 3 locations across the Upper Peninsula. The pasture walks will focus on management strategies to improve soil health. During drought, healthy soils allow for more rapid water infiltration and possess greater water holding capacity. Frank Wardynski and Kable Thurlow, Michigan State University Extension educators, will be discussing a project they will be working on over the next two years. The project involves working with cooperative farmers to demonstrate grazing management practices that will improve soil health and resiliency to drought. In addition to discussing the project they will also be demonstrating the process of how to identify healthy soils with water filtration and holding capacity, compaction, and the shovel test looking for soil aggregation.
Dates and Locations:
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Jon Haindl
300N Poupour Rd.
Cooks, MI 49817
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Jon Ahlberg
1272 State Hwy M73
Iron River, MI 49935
Thursday, October 8, 2026
John Mattila
42395 Lakeview Rd,
Toivola, MI 49965
All pasture walks will start at 5:00 CST/6:00 EST
- The 8th Day – Airs Sundays 6:00a - 7:00a on Marquette County's Sunny 101.9 & online http://8thday.buzz
- The show also Airs Sundays 6:00a - 7:00a on WFXD.com, Fox Sports Marquette 105.1/Gwinn 99.9, GTO.FM 97.5 FM, and WRUP 98.3
- A mediaBrew Communications Community News Partner
- Most content from State and National News is broadcast/posted unedited, without bias or favor to content
- While our show airs speeches (usually unedited), debates, bona fide news interviews or scheduled newscasts, news of local and state and national interest, or an on-the-spot news event, we still welcome alternative points of view, and we encourage those with other points-of-view to write mediaBrew Communications Llc. 3060 US 41 West, Marquette, Michigan 49855 about interviews or similar content we may have previously aired, or to report legitimate news tips.
