Bruce MacKellar
mackella@msu.edu
Telephone: 269-657-8213
MSU Extension
Field Crops Educator
Field crops educator
Environmental quality
Food and Animal Systems
Van Buren County Extension Office 801 Hazen Street, Suite DPaw Paw, MI 49079
Coverage Area
Allegan County, Berrien County, Cass County, Kalamazoo County, Ottawa County, St. Joseph County, Van Buren County
Tags: environmental quality, field crops, food and animal systems, msu extension, van buren
Authored Articles
- Protecting yourself and your farm employees from COVID-19, March 27, 2020
- Using bin aeration to dry corn and soybeans with natural air, March 16, 2020
- Farmland Rent Considerations - Part 3: Farmland Rental Agreements and Arrangements, February 11, 2020
- Farmland Rent Considerations - Part 1: Farmland rent - past, present and future, February 11, 2020
- Farmland Rent Considerations - Part 2: Tips for negotiations farmland rent, February 11, 2020
- Field crop production highlighted at Ag Action Day, January 20, 2020
- Will leaving corn in the field to dry until late spring be a viable option?, November 22, 2019
- Stored grain management training available for farmers and commercial applicators, November 21, 2019
- MSU resources to estimate corn maturity date and accurately determine corn growth stages as harvest approaches, October 16, 2019
- Check your southern Michigan corn fields for tar spot, lodged corn and stalk strength now, October 11, 2019
- Corn struggling to mature in southwest Michigan, October 7, 2019
- Check fields for tar spot if your later-planted corn is turning every color except green, September 13, 2019
- Field Crops Virtual Breakfast to discuss submitting weeds suspected of herbicide resistance for screening, August 26, 2019
- Assessing late planted corn for harvest as forages, August 15, 2019
- Online tool estimates corn growth and development and projects when crop will mature, July 3, 2019
- Field Crop Virtual Breakfast on June 20 will discuss protecting fields from tar spot, June 18, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – June 13, 2019, June 13, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – June 6, 2019, June 6, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 31, 2019, May 31, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 23, 2019, May 23, 2019
- Field Crop Virtual Breakfast on May 30 will discuss prevented planting crop insurance considerations, May 23, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 16, 2019, May 16, 2019
- Top production tips for irrigated corn production, May 13, 2019
- Tar spot and irrigated corn: What we saw in 2018 and will it happen again?, May 10, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 9, 2019, May 9, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 2, 2019, May 2, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – April 25, 2019, April 25, 2019
- Soil temperatures and planting timing – Part 3 of 3: Testing Enviroweather data, April 19, 2019
- Soil temperatures and planting timing – Part 2 of 3: Tracking soil temperature trends, April 19, 2019
- Soil temperatures and planting timing – Part 1 of 3: Optimal soil temperature for planting, April 18, 2019
- High sandhill crane populations? Don’t overlook planter box treatment with Avipel., April 18, 2019
- Managing multiple resistant pests in soybean fields, April 12, 2019
- Stand uniformity: Planter tips that can impact seed placement and planting depth, April 12, 2019
- Field Crops Virtual Breakfast sessions are back for the 2019 growing season, April 11, 2019
- Southwest Michigan field crops update – April 10, 2019, April 10, 2019
- Corn tar spot featured at upcoming Pest Management Update meetings, January 4, 2019
- Tar spot is impacting corn yields and causing stalk lodging during harvest, November 6, 2018
- Late-season warmth helps with corn maturity, September 25, 2018
- Evaluate corn stalk strength prior to harvest, September 25, 2018
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – July 27, 2018, July 27, 2018
- Southwest Michigan field crop update - July 12, 2018, July 12, 2018
- Certify your spring crop production acreage with the Farm Service Agency by July 15, July 11, 2018
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – June 12, 2018, June 12, 2018
- Asiatic garden beetles may cause corn field yield losses in southwest Michigan, March 26, 2018
- Soil testing this fall? Split your sample and test for soybean cyst nematodes, October 31, 2017
- Southwest Michigan field crop update — Aug. 10, 2017, August 10, 2017
- Livestock poisoning possible from wilting black (wild) cherry leaves, July 7, 2017
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – June 22, 2017, June 22, 2017
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – June 15, 2017, June 15, 2017
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 25, 2017, May 25, 2017
- Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 3, 2017, May 3, 2017
- Cover crops are effective at reducing impacts of wind erosion in high wind events, March 16, 2017
- Drought conditions taking a toll on Michigan’s field crops, August 11, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – July 29, 2016, July 29, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 23, 2016, June 23, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 16, 2016, June 16, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 9, 2016, June 9, 2016
- Wheat stripe rust moving up the plant in southwest Michigan fields, May 31, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 26, 2016, May 26, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 12, 2016, May 13, 2016
- Planting corn in wet conditions – is it worth it?, May 13, 2016
- Alfalfa weevil larval feeding starting in southern Michigan alfalfa fields, May 11, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 5, 2015, May 5, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – April 28, 2016, April 28, 2016
- Corn flea beetle survival in 2016, April 20, 2016
- Consider collecting seeds from weed escapes if you think they may be resistant to herbicides, September 25, 2015
- Soybean sudden death syndrome continues to spread across southwest Michigan, September 3, 2015
- Soybeans yellowing too soon?, August 21, 2015
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 4, 2015, June 4, 2015
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – April 17, 2015, April 17, 2015
- Michigan producers should carefully monitor corn grain quality in storage, April 17, 2015
- MSU irrigation scheduling tool updated to include Enviro-weather data, March 10, 2015
- Test for corn stalk strength by getting pushy with your crop, October 7, 2014
- Multi-colored Asian lady beetles are moving from fields to homes, September 19, 2014
- Spread of soybean sudden death syndrome evident across southwest Michigan fall 2014, September 10, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – July 10, 2014, July 10, 2014
- Recent storms damaged southwest Michigan corn, July 2, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 19, 2014, June 23, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 13, 2014, June 13, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 6, 2014, June 6, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 2, 2014, June 2, 2014
- Scout now for black cutworms and armyworm moths, May 23, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 22, 2014, May 22, 2014
- Potential for frost damage in early emerged corn and soybeans, May 16, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 15, 2014, May 15, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 8, 2014, May 8, 2014
- Wheat update for Southwest Michigan in 2014, April 22, 2014
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – April 10, 2014, April 11, 2014
- A cold start to the 2014 growing season for field crops, April 3, 2014
- Rotating sites of action to post-pone or prevent herbicide resistance, March 3, 2014
- Soybean sudden death syndrome increasing in southwest Michigan fields, March 3, 2014
- Growers Prevent Pesticide Resistance, January 3, 2014
- Stored grain management and fumigation program held December 12, 2013, November 14, 2013
- Farmers: It’s time to conduct an over-the-road safety checkup of your harvest equipment, September 17, 2013
- Impacts of southwest Michigan drought on 2013 corn and soybean yields, September 4, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crops regional report – Aug. 1, 2013, August 2, 2013
- Planting second crop soybeans following wheat harvest, July 15, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crops receiving heavy rainfall, June 27, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 20, 2013, June 21, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – June 6, 2013, June 6, 2013
- Black cutworm larval feeding is increasing in Van Buren County corn fields, May 29, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 23, 2013, May 23, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 16, 2013, May 16, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 2, 2013, May 2, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – April 25, 2013, April 25, 2013
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report– April 18, 2013, April 22, 2013
- Scout ahead to avoid problems with farm equipment in construction zones, April 17, 2013
- Southwest Michigan may shift to drier weather, but cool conditions expected to remain, April 16, 2013
- Planting early corn and soybeans: Pick warm days with favorably warm conditions in the forecast, April 12, 2013
- Palmer amaranth: Why this pigweed should alarm you, February 26, 2013
- Growers need to think “rotation” to prevent pesticide resistance, February 26, 2013
- 2013 Field Crops Pest Management Update Program Series, January 4, 2013
- Review your field notes when purchasing soybean and corn seed, November 9, 2012
- Final opportunity to scout for soybean cyst nematodes and sudden death syndrome, October 4, 2012
- Watch fields for soybean sudden death syndrome and soybean cyst nematodes, August 20, 2012
- Spider mites impacting seed corn fields in St. Joseph and Kalamazoo counties, August 6, 2012
- Southwest regional report on Michigan field crops – July 12, 2012, July 13, 2012
- Late season black cutworm damage being seen, June 15, 2012
- Black cutworm feeding damage being found in some southwest Michigan corn fields, May 18, 2012
- Asiatic garden beetle larval feeding was more widespread in southwest Michigan in 2011, March 13, 2012
- Winter annual weeds may present more management and insect pest challenges this spring, March 13, 2012
- Early season field crop insect pests may have been aided by warmer than normal winter, March 13, 2012
- Are we at increased risk of yield losses due to corn leaf diseases in southwest Michigan in 2012?, February 3, 2012
- Sudden death syndrome and Palmer amaranth discussed at pest management meetings in January, December 12, 2011
- Elevated levels of corn ear rots may be seen in some southern Michigan fields, September 29, 2011
- Soybean sudden death syndrome and Palmer amaranth field day, August 17, 2011
- Soybean sudden death syndrome symptoms beginning to develop in Ingham County, August 16, 2011
- What to look for when scouting for sudden death syndrome in soybean fields, July 27, 2011
- White mold becoming evident in southwest Michigan irrigated soybean fields, July 27, 2011
- Sudden death syndrome beginning to show symptoms in southwest Michigan soybean fields, July 1, 2011
- Uneven emergence common in southwest Michigan corn fields, May 25, 2011
- Check for soybean seedling diseases, May 17, 2011
- Non-stop field activity in Southwest Michigan this last week, May 12, 2011
- Southwest Michigan field crop report, May 5, 2011
- Asiatic garden beetle, a new pest in Southwest Michigan, May 3, 2011
- Southwest Michigan field crop report, April 28, 2011
- Southwest Michigan field crop report, April 28, 2011
- Southwest Michigan field crop pest and crop report, April 18, 2011
- Maintaining quality of direct-from-field binned corn in early spring, March 4, 2011
- MSU soybean disease research will continue to investigate practices to manage sudden death syndrome, February 25, 2011
- Western bean cutworm control considerations for 2011, September 24, 2010
- Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome seen in an alarming number of soybean fields in Southwest Michigan, August 20, 2010
- Considerations for raising irrigated wheat, May 29, 2008
- Commodity market situation - 2008, April 3, 2008
- White grubs and corn stand reductions, May 17, 2007
Authored Documents
- Asiatic Garden Beetles and Marestail, April 12, 2018