Experts

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

April 1, 2020

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

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Eric Anderson

Field Crops Educator
eander32@msu.edu
269-467-5511
Dean Baas

Sustainable Agriculture Educator
baasdean@msu.edu
269-467-5646
Erin Burns, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Integrated weed management with emphasis on practices to mitigate the development and spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.
burnser5@msu.edu
517-353-0223
Kim Cassida, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist - Forages & Cover Crops
cassida@msu.edu
517-353-0278
Martin Chilvers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
chilvers@msu.edu
517-353-9967
Christina Curell

Cover Crop and Soil Health Educator
curellc@msu.edu
231-745-2732
James DeDecker

Director - MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center
dedecke5@msu.edu
906-439-5176
Christina DiFonzo

Professor & Field Crops Entomologist
difonzo@msu.edu
517-353-5328
Jenna Falor

Field Crops Educator
falorjen@msu.edu
517-449-9055
Ehsan Ghane

Drainage Extension Specialist
ghane@msu.edu
Paul Gross

Field crops educator
grossp@msu.edu
989-317-4079
Timothy Harrigan

Extension Specialist
harriga1@msu.edu
517-353-0767
Erin Hill, Ph.D.

Weed Science Diagnostician
hiller12@msu.edu
517-432-9693
Monica Jean

Field Crops Educator
atkinmon@msu.edu
989-224-5240
Philip Kaatz

Field Crops Educator
kaatz@msu.edu
Lyndon Kelley

Water Management and Irrigation Educator
kelleyl@msu.edu
269-467-5511
Bruce MacKellar

Field crops educator
mackella@msu.edu
269-657-8213
Steve Miller

Extension Irrigation Specialist
mill1229@msu.edu
517-353-4456
Dennis Pennington, M.S.

Wheat Systems Specialist
pennin34@msu.edu
Marisol Quintanilla

Assistant Professor
marisol@msu.edu
517-884-2058
Maninder Singh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy
msingh@msu.edu
517-353-0226
Rob Sirrine

Statewide leadership for hops education, outreach and research
sirrine@msu.edu
Christy Sprague, Ph.D.

Professor, Crops and Soils Sciences Program Director and Extension Specialist
sprague1@msu.edu
517-353-0224
Michael Staton

Soybean Educator
staton@msu.edu
269-673-0370 ext 2562
Kurt Steinke, Ph.D.

Extension Specialist - Soil Science
ksteinke@msu.edu
Steve Whittington

Field Crops Extension Educator
whitti34@msu.edu
989-831-7509 (Extension Office)