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MSU Extension has several regional educators, statewide educators and affiliated members that work throughout Michigan. You can view the Point of Contact Map to find a local regional contact or connect with a statewide educator.

snapshot of a map of Michigan with color coded sections depicting field crop educator coverage areas

Field Crops Point of Contact

September 9, 2019

Point of contact coverage map for MSU Extension field crops team members

- Eric Anderson
- Field Crops Educator
- 269-467-5511
- eander32@msu.edu
- Robert Battel
- Field Crops Educator
- 989-315-4221
- battelro@msu.edu

- Roger Betz
- Farm Business Management Educator - South Central Michigan
- 517-439-9301
- betz@msu.edu
- Kim Cassida, Ph.D.
- Forages and grazing educator
- 517-353-0278
- cassida@msu.edu

- Ricardo Costa
- Field Crops Educator
- 517-264-5310
- costasil@msu.edu
- Christina Curell
- Cover Crop and Soil Health Educator
- 231-745-2732
- curellc@msu.edu

- James DeDecker
- Specialty Field Crops and Bioenergy
- 906-439-5176
- dedecke5@msu.edu
- Paul Gross
- Bioproducts and bioenergy
- 989-772-0911 ext 220
- grossp@msu.edu

- James Isleib
- Crop Production Educator
- 906-387-2530
- isleibj@msu.edu
- Monica Jean
- Field Crops Educator
- 989-224-5240
- atkinmon@msu.edu

- Philip Kaatz
- Forage Management and Field Crops Educator
- 810-667-0341
- kaatz@msu.edu
- Lyndon Kelley
- Water Management and Irrigation Educator
- 269-467-5511
- kelleyl@msu.edu

- Bruce MacKellar
- Field crops educator
- 269-657-8213
- mackella@msu.edu
- Marisol Quintanilla
- Assistant Professor
- 517-884-2058
- marisol@msu.edu

- Maninder Singh, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy
- 517-353-0226
- msingh@msu.edu
- Michael Staton
- Soybean Educator
- 269-673-0370 ext 2562
- staton@msu.edu

- Ehsan Ghane
- Ehsan Ghane, Assistant Professor
- 517-353-4458
- ghane@msu.edu
- Christina DiFonzo
- Field Crops Entomologist
- 517-353-5328
- difonzo@msu.edu

- Timothy Harrigan
- Extension Specialist
- 517-353-0767
- harriga1@msu.edu
- Kurt Steinke, PhD
- Extension Specialist - Soil Science
- 517-353-0271
- ksteinke@msu.edu

- Christy Sprague, Ph.D.
- Weed Extension Specialist
- 517-353-0224
- sprague1@msu.edu
- Martin Chilvers, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- 517-353-9967
- chilvers@msu.edu
- Vicki Morrone
- Academic Specialist
- 517-353-3542
- sorrone@msu.edu

- Erin Hill, Ph.D.
- Weed Science Diagnostician
- 517-432-9693
- hiller12@msu.edu
- Dennis Pennington, M.S.
- Wheat Systems Specialist
- 269-832-0497
- pennin34@msu.edu

- Rob Sirrine
- Statewide leadership for hops education, outreach and research
- 231-256-9888
- sirrine@msu.edu

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