College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

U2U Corn Maturity Estimator Tool

Jeff Andresen, Professor and State Climatologist for Michigan Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences

Cover Crops for Preventative Planting, Forage and Following Wheat

Published on July 18, 2019

The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for July 18, 2019, focused on cover crops for preventative planting, forage and following wheat, presented by Dean Baas, MSU Extension Sustainable Agriculture Educator.

Considerations for Taking Prevented Planting Option vs Delayed Planting

Published on May 30, 2019

The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for May 30, 2019, focused on taking prevented planting option vs delayed planting, presented by Roger Betz, MSU Extension farm business management educator.

Recommendations for Late-Planted Soybeans

Published on June 13, 2019

The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for June 13, 2019, focused on recommendations for late-planted soybeans, presented by Mike Staton, MSU Extension field crop educator.

Corn Maturity and Immature Silage

Published on August 19, 2019

The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for August 22, 2019, focused on corn maturity and immature silage, presented by Manni Singh, MSU cropping system agronomist.

Weed Control Considerations for a Late Wet Spring

Published on June 6, 2019

The June 6, 2019 MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast featured a discussion on weed control for a late wet spring, presented by Erin Burns, MSU Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences.

Recommendations for Late-Planted Soybeans

Published on June 13, 2019
The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for June 13, 2019, focused on recommendations for late-planted soybeans, presented by Mike Staton, MSU Extension field crop educator.

Cover Crops for Preventative Planting, Forage and Following Wheat

Published on July 18, 2019
The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for July 18, 2019, focused on cover crops for preventative planting, forage and following wheat, presented by Dean Baas, MSU Extension Sustainable Agriculture Educator.

Tool for pricing silage, earlage or snaplage from immature corn

Published on September 27, 2019
Spreadsheet to calculate whether harvesting corn as silage, earlage, or snaplage may result in greater crop revenue than harvesting as high-moisture or dry-shelled corn.

Marketing and Pricing Standing Hay

Published on August 5, 2019
MSU Extension offers an education opportunity to learn about the pricing and marketing process of standing hay.

Corn Maturity and Immature Silage

Published on August 22, 2019
The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for August 22, 2019, focused on corn maturity and immature silage, presented by Manni Singh, MSU cropping system agronomist.

Emergency Hay and Silage Forage Crops

Published on July 12, 2019
Forage shortages can be good news for growers who are able to harvest because prices may be strong, but are bad news for those unable to harvest.

Delayed Planting Resources

Published on June 24, 2019
Wet weather and flooding resulted in severely delayed planting and a need to adjust farm management practices. MSU Extension's statewide network of agricultural educators work with farmers and provide informative articles to assist in decision making.

Farmers Want to Know: When will the rain let up?

Published on June 21, 2019
Agricultural meteorologist sat down in late June 2019 to provide a projection of where things were headed for the weeks and months ahead. He reports it will get warmer and dryer eventually, but it might take a while.

Marketing and Pricing Standing Corn Silage

Published on August 5, 2019
MSU Extension offers an educational opportunity to learn how to process and understand pricing and risks that may come with the marketing strategy you choose.