The USDA agricultural Research Service Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center at the Maricopa Agricultural Center presents a fun-filled family day, an Arizona SciTech Signature Event.

The event is free to the public.

The day includes an insect zoo, cricket-spitting contest, auto-guidance tractor – ride along, plant your own cotton plant, count the seeds contest, spectral reflectance in plants, hayrides the UA Farm Village, cotton gin, antique tractors, face painting, tattoos, kids’ crafts, biotechnology, natural rubber from guayule, measuring photosynthesis, insect diversity, irrigation technology, reclaimed water, Master Gardeners and more.

The Agricultural Center is off of Smith-Enke Road east of White and Parker Road.