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Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – April 17, 2015
Published on April 17, 2015
Field preparation work is progressing in southwest Michigan and winter annual weeds are off to a really slow start. -
Insect pests of vegetables webinar now available
Published on April 13, 2015
Learn more about major pests of vegetables, how they damage crops and the signs they leave behind in a new Online Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Academy webinar. -
Cover crops and soil organic matter
Published on April 1, 2015
Using cover crops can help farms build soil organic matter. -
Cover crops and nitrogen scavenging
Published on April 1, 2015
Cover crops can be used to scavenge for excess Nitrogen. The following chart rates cover crops ability to scavenge nitrogen -
Cover crops as nitrogen source
Published on April 1, 2015
Learn how cover crops can produce Nitrogen for your fields. -
Controlling soil erosion with cover crops
Published on April 1, 2015
Cover crops can be used to impede soil erosion off of fields. -
Crop response to daylength and its role in fertilizer applications
Published on March 30, 2015
Photoperiodism is the term given to a plant’s ability to respond to changing daylength. Knowing how your crop responds to daylength should influence how you apply fertilizer, especially nitrogen. -
Planting cover crops to improve clay soil quality used for pasturing livestock
Published on March 26, 2015
How can cover crops and annual forage crops be included in pasture re-establishment on clay soils? Should they be? -
Grant helps study aerial seeding as method of cover crop establishment
Published on March 11, 2015
MSU Extension and partners received SARE grant funds to demonstrate and promote aerial cover crop seeding on northeast Michigan corn and soybean acres. -
Disease management tactics for vegetables
Published on February 26, 2015
A prerecorded webinar on vegetable disease management tactics is now available at the Online IPM Academy website.