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Northeast Michigan field crop regional report – June 6, 2013
Published on June 6, 2013
Growers need one more short weather window to wrap-up planting in the northeast region. -
Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 6, 2013
Published on June 6, 2013
Growing conditions have been all over the board over the last week to 10 days in southwest Michigan. -
Reaching the elusive 300 bushel yield for corn
Published on June 6, 2013
Michigan State University Extension and Dekalb/Asgrow are collaborating to field test corn hybrids under diverse growing conditions in an Ingham County, Mich., research plot this summer. -
West central Michigan field crop regional report – June 6, 2013
Published on June 6, 2013
Slow progress and relatively slow crop development in the west central region. -
Central Michigan field crop regional report – June 6, 2013
Published on June 6, 2013
It’s a race to the finish in central Michigan. -
Controlling volunteer potatoes in corn
Published on June 6, 2013
Volunteer potatoes can be a problem in Michigan fields. Here are a few options that’ll provide good suppression and reduce the number of daughter tubers per plant. -
Prevented planting option for corn and soybean crop insurance
Published on June 5, 2013
Prevented planting option is June 5 for corn and June 15 for soybeans for farms that have crop insurance policy on their crop production. -
Central Michigan field crop regional report – May 30, 2013
Published on May 31, 2013
More of the same brings frustrations for the central Michigan region. -
Assess the risk of planting corn in June
Published on May 31, 2013
June 1 is here and about 10 percent of the corn is still in the bag. At this point, the question becomes, “How late can corn be planted?” -
Upper Peninsula field crop regional report – May 30, 2013
Published on May 30, 2013
Wet, cool weather is holding back field work in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.