Fedis research station is located in Eastern Ethiopia at a distance of 47 km from Haramaya University main campus and 27 km from Harar city. The station covers nearly 2.5 hectares of land and is serving as sorghum and lowland crops research station. It has a vision to become a center of excellence in sorghum research center in Ethiopia. Fedis research station is located at a latitude of 9o07’0.5’’ N and a longitude of 42o04’50.6’’ E, and at an altitude of 1658 meter above sea level. The station receives annual rainfall of 859 mm. The mean temperature of the station is 19.64 °C with average maximum and minimum temperatures of 24.39 °C and 13.73 °C, respectively. The soil of the experimental site is a well-drained deep alluvial with a sub-soil stratified with sandy clay loam. The center has 3 permanent workers to facilitate and support the research activities conducted at the research station.