Dan Bacheler

Dan Bacheler

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Farm Manager
Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Center

Phone:
231-946-1510

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Bacheler, a Michigan native, iserves as farm manager of the Northwest Michigan Horticulture Research Center. He is responsible for providing a high-quality research environment for MSU scientists, and building and maintaining relationships with growers and agriculture industries throughout the region.

Bacheler brings more than two decades of experience in horticulture and landscape services, including teaching horticulture and irrigation at the college level.

Prior to joining MSU, Bacheler spent 16 years teaching at Fort Range Community College in Colorado. His classes covered a broad range of topics such as horticulture, irrigation, tree and conifer identification, nursery management, landscape construction, and soil science, among others.

Before teaching, Bacheler managed commercial and residential landscape construction and installation in Colorado and Michigan for seven years.

Bacheler graduated from MSU with a bachelor’s degree in horticulture and landscape design. He is a certified landscape technician and private pesticide applicator in Colorado, and a certified nurseryman in Michigan.

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