2026 Recordings

The 2026 MI Ag Ideas to Grow With virtual conference was held February 23 - March 5, 2026 and included the sessions below. Sessions were recorded and once finalized will be available for viewing by clicking on the session titles below.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

February 23
8 a.m. -

Innovative Agronomy tools

9 a.m. -

Soil Health Testing Options and Interpretation

9 a.m. -

Starting a Food Business - MSU Product Center New Client Intro Seminar

10 a.m. -

Intermediate Wheatgrass

10:30 am. -

A Primer for Pumpkins

11:00 a.m. -

Open-Pollinated Corn

11:30 a.m. -

Financial Tools for Drought-Stressed Livestock Operations

12:00 p.m. -

What's Eating my Fruit?

12:30 p.m. -

Growing Grass and Alfalfa Hay Between Solar Arrays

1 p.m. -

Preserving MI Harvest - Canning 101

6 p.m. -

Getting started with Beekeeping in Michigan

February 24
9 a.m. -

Farm to School - How the Partnership for Local Agriculture and Nutritional Transformation in Schools (PLANTS) can help you prepare to sell to schools

9 a.m. -

Selling MI Honey and Maple Syrup - Safely!

10:30 a.m. -

A How-To for Herbs

12 p.m.

Exploring a Beginning Farmer Curriculum to Guide Group Learning

1 p.m. -

Farm Financial Fundamentals: Communicating with Confidence to Your Lender

2 p.m. -

Farm Diversification on Paper

6 p.m. -

Poultry Hobbyist: Essential Production Practices for Beginners

7 p.m. -

Where Veggies Meet Volts: Commercial Vegetable Production in a Solar Project

February 25
10 a.m. -

Preserving MI Harvest - Making Jam and Jelly

12: p.m. -

Market Channels and Marketing Strategies for Beginning Farmers

1 p.m. -

Bridging the Gap: Michigan’s Farm Link Movement

6 p.m. -

Feeding and Housing Horses through the Winter

February 26
9 a.m. -

Michigan Cottage Food Law

10:30 a.m. -

Top Tomato Tips

11:00 a.m. -

Farm-to-Family Listening Session

12:00 p.m. -

Crop Insurance 101 for Field Crops

12 p.m. -

An Intro to Growing Strawberries

6 p.m. -

When to Call the Vet

7 p.m. -

Solar Grazing in Michigan: Lessons Learned from One Sheep Producer

February 27
10:30 a.m. -

The Basics of Brassicas

12 p.m. -

Strawberry In-Season Management

March 2

March 3

7 p.m. -

An Introduction to Solar Grazing with Inverter Cattle

March 4

March 5
Download the Irrigation Day Flyer
9 a.m. -

Considerations and Practical Tips when Starting, Operating, and Sustaining a Mobile Irrigation Lab Program

10 a.m. -

Why is Irrigation Important in Michigan?

11 a.m. -

Advances in Irrigation Technology and Technology Adoption through Extension Programming

12 p.m. -

Understanding the Competition for Water and How it May Change Water Policy and an Overview of Riparian Rights and the Impact on Regional Water Policy

1 p.m. -

Rolling out a New Type of Irrigation

2 p.m. -

Michigan Large Volume Water Use: Site Specific Review and Water Users Committee

March 6