The Farm at Utsunomiya University was established in October 1922 as anattached facility of the agriculture faculty to support the university’s researchand education in field science. It is located in the city of Moka in Tochigi
prefecture, and the farm consists of 102 hectares. We have four areas—cropscience, horticultural science, livestock science, and agricultural engineering.
4 teaching staffs, 5 secretary staffs, and 15 technical staffs provide students
with academic opportunities to learn about food, agriculture, health, theenvironment, and life sciences.

We have one management building for education and research, one guest housefor students, and many fields in each of the four areas for education, research, andproduction. In the crop science area, we have rice paddies and fields for soybean,
wheat, barley, and corn. In the horticultural science area, we have orchards (forgrapes, Japanese pears, apples, and so on), vegetable fields (for cabbage, tomato,onions, carrots, and so on), and greenhouses. In the livestock science area, we have
two tie-stall barns for 30 dairy cattle (Holstein) and 30 beef cattle (Japanese black),
one free-stall barn for 30 sheep, as well as grazing pastures and fields for dent cornand hay. In the agricultural engineering area, we manage a rice transplanter, amultipurpose combine, tractors, and so on.

Four research laboratories of Utsunomiya University’s faculty of agriculture arelocated at the University Farm: the Laboratory of Crop Science, the Laboratory ofHorticultural Science, the Laboratory of Animal Production and Reproduction
Science, and the Laboratory of Farm Work Environmental Engineering. Theselaboratories accept both undergraduate and graduate students of Utsunomiya
University who are doing scientific research in pursuit of a degree.

All students of the Utsunomiya University faculty of agriculture must take a handson agricultural program at the University Farm as a required subject. This
educational program consists of many fields of agriculture: field crop science,
horticultural science, animal science, agricultural engineering, and so on. Throughthis program, students acquire basic skills and knowledge in field science. Since
2010, we have offered these hands-on agricultural programs to other university
students in various academic fields as part of the national Center of Excellence infield science.

In addition, some of our products and processed goods are for sale, and you canbuy them at Utsunomiya University and at local festivals around Utsunomiya andMoka city. A rice variety called “Yudai 21”, which was developed on our farm, is
one of the most popular agricultural products. We also sell dairy products (milk,fresh cheese, butter, and cheesecake) which are made from high quality raw milk
from our cattle. We also sell wine from our grapes, shochu from our barley andsweet potatoes, and amazake from our fermented rice.

Utsunomiya University is located approximately 100 kilometers north of Tokyo in the city of Utsunomiya, while theUniversity Farm is located Moka city, adjacent to Utsunomiya. The traveling time from Utsunomiya to Tokyo is about 50
minutes by the Tohoku Shinkansen train. It takes approximately three hours to reach Narita Airport by limousine bus on
the expressway. Notable sites near Utsunomiya that attract many tourists include Nikko, designated as a UNESCO World
Heritage site, Kinugawa Hot Springs, and the Nasu resort area.

Farm of Utsunomiya University443 Shimokomoriya, Moka, Tochigi, 321-4415, JapanTEL. +81-285-84-2424
Email fuznoujy@miya.jm.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
http://agri.mine.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/

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