Farm Management

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  Thumb Ag Day to go virtual in 2020

  Published on December 7, 2020
  Join MSU Extension field crops educators along with experts for this free Virtual Thumb Ag Day on Dec. 9.

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  Saving soil with cover crops

  Published on December 4, 2020
  Podcast recording with a thumb-area farmer delves into how he uses cover crops to save soil and money.

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  Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-up Through December 11, 2020

  Published on November 24, 2020
  The Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program was created upon the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill. It replaces the former Margin Protection Program (MPP) and has several improvements to make it useful to almost all dairy farmers in Michigan.

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  Coronavirus relief programs for nontraditional commodities webinar to be held Tuesday, Nov. 24

  Published on November 20, 2020
  Join us to learn more about how these valuable programs can benefit your farm and what they might mean for your farm taxes.

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  New edition of “Prepare your farm for tax season now” webinar to be held on Dec. 1

  Published on November 12, 2020
  Get your feet wet about farm recordkeeping and taxes in this one-hour webinar. Take action and stop stressing.

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  Beginning farmers DEMaND: resources for new farm managers

  Published on November 12, 2020
  For beginning farmers, knowing how to manage through roadblocks is often one of their greatest challenges.

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  MSU updates budgeting tools for grain producers

  Published on November 6, 2020
  With the presence of uncertainties, making well-informed decisions on the farm has never been more important.

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  Consumer opinions matter: Row crop farmers, are you listening?

  Published on November 5, 2020
  Connecting with the consumer is an important part of marketing farm commodities.

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  Phil Durst elected vice president of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents

  Published on October 28, 2020
  During the 2020 virtual annual meeting of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Phil Durst was elected to the position of vice president. Durst becomes only the fourth individual to serve in this role from Michigan in NACAA’s history.

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  2019 farm financial benchmarking results for Michigan

  Published on October 21, 2020
  Understanding farm financial trends has never been more important to the future success of a farm business.