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FIND A MEMBER
Check out one of our outstanding members in the areas of entertainment, carnival rides, food, supplies & much more!
FORMS
Find award, MDARD, and convention forms here.
HISTORY
Find out more about the rich history of fairs in Michigan and more about MAFE.
Latest News
Governor and MDARD Director Letter
Below are links to the 2020 letters from Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Director Gary McDowell. All fairs should feel free to use these for their communication efforts. 2020 Governor letter for county fairs 2020 Director letter for county fairs
2020 MAFE Scholarship winners
Congratulations to the MAFE scholarship winners! Each year MAFE awards five (5) $1,000 scholarships to outstanding youth involved in the Michigan fair industry. This year we received more than 90 outstanding applications. MAFE was given the opportunity to award a sixth scholarship through a donation by the Great Lakes Ag Fair. This special award has been named the Neil Kentner memorial scholarship and will be given to one youth annually. Scholarship recipients are: Awianna Jackson, [...]
OFFICIAL SWINE ID NUES TAGS 2020
For the 2020 fair and exhibition season, MDARD will continue its policy of distributing official swine ID NUES tags to fairs, free of charge, for use with exhibition swine. Swine tags can still be ordered over the phone or through email; however, we encourage fairs to place their orders by December 16, 2019. Fairs that have ordered their tags can pick them up on January 9-10 in the MDARD Resource Center at the annual MAFE convention in Grand Rapids. [...]
