MSU Extension Cover Crops

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  Farmers facing isolation – stay connected, it’s good for you

  Published on May 1, 2020
  The inherent nature of the agricultural occupation is independent. Isolation is often linked to impacts on mental health and loss of life by suicide.

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  Farm resilience starts with a solid financial foundation

  Published on April 30, 2020
  Handling low profits means you need to manage the financial risks affecting your operation.

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  Farm safety: COVID-19 health screening requirements for essential employees

  Published on April 29, 2020
  New health screening requirements for essential employees will help keep our farms safe and ensure that they can keep running during this pandemic.

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  Designing a better system for broadcast interseeding

  Published on April 27, 2020
  New video shares research from MSU designing a broadcast interseeding system for cover crops that improves seed-soil contact.

• Michigan pesticide applicators receive temporary emergency license extension

  Published on April 21, 2020
  Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-52, released April 17, 2020, grants certain pesticide applicators a temporary extension of their expired applicator’s certificate during the current declared states of emergency and disaster.

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  Can cover crops control horseweed?

  Published on April 21, 2020
  A new video highlights research at MSU looking at whether cover crops can control the growth of the weed horseweed (marestail).

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  Perennial grass that can feed your animals and provide flour for bread

  Published on April 20, 2020
  New videos discuss intermediate wheatgrass, once only considered for pasture, as a potential multi-use cover crop.

• Your farm and the Families First Act

  Published on April 16, 2020
  Do you know how the Families First Coronavirus Response Act will affect your farm and your employees?

• Video demonstrates managing mustard cover crops for biofumigation

  Published on April 9, 2020
  How to grow, mow and incorporate mustard cover crops to maximize potential biofumigation benefits is explained in MSU Extension video.

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  Using the sorghum family as both cover crop and forage

  Published on April 8, 2020
  A new cover crop video explores how dual-purpose use for sorghum cover crops can benefit both soil health and livestock.