Bruce MacKellar
mackella@msu.edu
Telephone: 269-657-8213
Fax: 269-657-6678
MSU Extension
Field Crops Educator
Food and Animal Systems
Environmental quality
Van Buren County Extension Office 801 Hazen Street, Suite DPaw Paw, MI 49079
Tags: msu extension, van buren
Authored Articles
- 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
- Stand uniformity: Planter tips that can impact seed placement and planting depth, April 12, 2019
- Managing multiple resistant pests in soybean fields, 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
- Planting corn in wet conditions – is it worth it?, May 13, 2016
- Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 12, 2016, 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
- Soybean sudden death syndrome increasing in southwest Michigan fields, March 3, 2014
- Rotating sites of action to post-pone or prevent herbicide resistance, 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
- Early season field crop insect pests may have been aided by warmer than normal winter, March 13, 2012
- Winter annual weeds may present more management and insect pest challenges this spring, March 13, 2012
- Asiatic garden beetle larval feeding was more widespread in southwest Michigan in 2011, 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