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Southwest Michigan field crops update – August 4, 2022
Published on August 4, 2022
Disease and insect pressure remain low as corn and soybean progress through pod setting and grain fill stages. If timely rains keep us out of droughty conditions, the crops should continue to thrive this month. -
Should dairies utilize grasses to increase forage NDF digestibility?
Published on August 1, 2022
Blending grasses in alfalfa fields can increase forage NDF digestibility, but is it a profitable decision? -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – July 28, 2022
Published on July 28, 2022
A short reprieve from the hot weather will end over the weekend, but dry conditions are likely to persist into the first half of August, potentially impacting corn pollination in late-planted fields and seed fill in earlier-maturing corn and soybean. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – July 21, 2022
Published on July 21, 2022
The wide range of crop development in fields across the region will extend the scouting window for key pests and diseases in corn and soybean this year. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – July 14, 2022
Published on July 14, 2022
Both corn and soybean are entering key reproductive stages as warm temperatures continue. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – July 7, 2022
Published on July 7, 2022
Rain events earlier this week greatly improved the situation for crops throughout most of the region, although there were definite winners and losers with rainfall totals. Wheat harvest should commence in the coming week as fields dry out. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – June 30, 2022
Published on June 30, 2022
Crops in non-irrigated fields are showing signs of water stress with average rainfall totals across south-central and southwest Michigan of only a quarter of an inch in the past two weeks. -
2022 Field Crops Webinar Series recordings available to the public
Published on June 23, 2022
The Field Crops Webinar Series is offered each winter to educate farmers and agribusiness professionals about timely crop production topics. Recordings from the 2022 season are now available for free to the general public. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – June 23, 2022
Published on June 23, 2022
Summer temperatures have accelerated crop growth this past week, but dry conditions last week and this week could impact growth as crops become stressed. -
Southwest Michigan field crops update – June 16, 2022
Published on June 16, 2022
High heat and timely rains have pushed crop development rapidly with soybean reaching flowering in early-planted fields and sidedressing beginning in early-planted corn.