MSU Extension Beginning Farmer

Field Crops

• Getting Your Land Ready to Grow Organically - Certified or Not

  Soil health and getting your farm’s soil ready to produce organically.

• Native Bees for Pollination

  Exploring the possibilities and techniques for keeping solitary cavity-nesting bees.

• Growing and Marketing Christmas Trees

  A session discussing all aspects of growing Christmas trees.

• Selecting a Tractor

  Selecting a tractor for beginning farmers.

• Irrigation on Small Farms

  Getting started with irrigation on small farms.

• Getting Started with Hay Production

  The basics of hay production.

• Basics of Insect Morphology

  Getting started with basics of insect morphology.

• Wheat Agronomy

  Getting started with wheat agronomy.

• Integrated Pest Management Resources at MSU Webinar

  Getting started with Integrated Pest Management resources at MSU Webinar

• Growing and Selling Malting Barley

  Getting started with growing and selling malting barley.

• Cover Crops in Field Crops Rotations

  Getting started with cover crops in field crop rotations.

• Cover Crops in Organic Vegetable Rotations

  Getting started with cover crops in organic vegetable rotations

• Basics of Field Crop and Hay Production

  Getting started with field crops and hay.

• Plant-based Enterprises Webinar

  Getting started with plant-based enterprises webinar.

• Hops Production

  Getting started with hops

• Basics of Hops

  Getting started with hops.

• Intro to Integrated Pest Management

  Getting started with IPM (Integrated Pest Management)

• Vegetable, field crop and fruit production presentations for beginning farmers archived

  Published on December 16, 2015
  Presentations on a wide variety of crop production topics for people new to agriculture are available online and free for viewing.

• Small farm business and marketing presentations for beginning farmers archived

  Published on December 16, 2015
  Presentations on a variety of marketing options and business basics for people new to agriculture are available online and free for viewing.

• Resources for veteran careers in agriculture

  Published on December 8, 2015
  Educational resources providing valuable information to veterans seeking agriculture-based careers are now available.