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Resource management for your school garden part 1
Published on September 10, 2019
Take advantage of the many opportunities to grow your school garden -
MSU seeks farmer input on wildlife damage to crops
Published on September 10, 2019
Researchers at Michigan State University are looking to identify wildlife management priorities for agriculture. -
Resource management for your school garden part 2
Published on September 10, 2019
Finding and using resources beyond grants to grow your school garden -
Options for immature corn
Published on September 4, 2019
One challenge this year is wondering whether the corn crop will mature before frost and what to do with it if it does not. This is an opportune year for cash crop producers and livestock producers to be talking with one another about feed options. -
Cover crop recipes: Post corn, use cereal rye
Published on September 4, 2019
The following recipe provides an introductory approach to integrating cover crops into a corn rotation going to soybean. -
Michigan State University agricultural economists discuss possible effects of wet spring and delayed planting on food prices
Published on August 27, 2019
David Ortega and Jim Hilker, faculty in MSU’s Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, say impacts of delayed planting on food costs likely won’t be known until after the fall harvest. -
GreenSeeker tool might help reduce your nitrogen costs
Published on August 19, 2019
Handheld crop sensors such as the GreenSeeker can be used to estimate in-season nitrogen needs in corn. -
Assessing late planted corn for harvest as forages
Published on August 15, 2019
The U2U tool developed by several Midwest land grant universities can help assess and predict corn maturity. -
Western bean cutworm is alive and well in central Michigan
Published on August 15, 2019
Dry bean growers and crop consultants should begin scouting for damage this week. -
Identifying late-season caterpillars feeding in corn ears
Published on August 9, 2019
Those dudes in corn ears could be earworm!