Horse Teaching & Research Center

The primary mission of the HTRC is to educate the next generation of Michigan horse persons and solve industry problems through applied scientific research.

Farm Manager

Paula Hitzler

Faculty Coordinator

Dr. Chris Skelly

Location

3327 Collins Rd.
Lansing, MI 48910
517-355-7484

Downloadable Farm Fact Sheet (updated April 2024)

Friends of HTRC Fall 2020 Newsletter

 

Visitor Information

You are welcome to take a self-guided tour 8:00am-4:30pm Monday thru Friday and 8:00am-12:00pm Saturday and Sunday. Stay out of animal feed areas and always wash hands after touching animals. 

Farm Biosecurity Policy: Visitors cannot enter the farm if they have been outside of the country within the last 7 days.

 

About the Center

MSU boasts one of the oldest continuous Arabian horse breeding programs in the United States. The primary mission of the HTRC is to educate the next generation of Michigan horse persons and solve industry problems through applied scientific research. It has always been the philosophy at MSU to maintain the highest quality livestock on our farms for those purposes. If students learn on average livestock, then mediocrity soon becomes the acceptable norm.

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