MSU Extension Forages

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  Forages

  MSU Extension is a supporter of growing forages and provides an educational opportunity for farmers and interested individuals to find information and resource materials regarding the growth of forages.

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• Is Farming Stressing you out?!?

  Published on November 26, 2019
  Series 1 Episode 2: MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, Monica Jean sits down with Abe Pasch, Dairy Farmer and Isabella County Farm Bureau President and Paul Gross, MSUE Educator, to discuss the stresses of farming.

• Innovative forage systems

  Published on December 21, 2020
  In the Weeds Series 5 Episode 2: MSU Extension educators Monica Jean and Paul Gross sits down with Erins Burns and Kim Cassida, Weed Scientist and Forage Specialist at MSU, to discuss how changing up your forage rotation can help with management issues like manure application oppertunities.

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  Integrated Crop and Pest Management Update 2021

  December 20, 2021 9:00AM – 4:00PM Registration and light breakfast begin at 8:00 AM for the in-person event.

  The Integrated Crop and Pest Management Update will be held on Dec. 20, 2021 in-person at the MSU Livestock Pavilion and virtually via Zoom and will feature crop and pest management recommendations, research data and pesticide certification credits.

• Extended Discussion After the Field Crops Virtual Breakfast on June 4, 2020

  Published on June 4, 2020

  A discussion and update about insects, diseases and weeds throughout Michigan’s field crop regions with the MSU Extension field crop educators and specialists.

• Assessing Alfalfa Stands for Winter Damage

  Published on May 29, 2019

  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for May 16, 2019, focused on assessing alfalfa stands for winter damage, presented by Kim Cassida, MSU Extension forage specialist.

• Alfalfa Harvest Management

  Published on May 17, 2018

  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly topic for May 17, 2018, focused on alfalfa harvest management for 2018, presented by Kim Cassida, MSU Extension forage specialist.

• Field Crops Virtual Breakfast: Alternative Forages

  Published on June 4, 2020

  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for June 4, 2020, focuses on alternative forages, presented by Kim Cassida, MSU forage specialist.

• Field Crops Virtual Breakfast: Alfalfa Autotoxicity

  Published on August 13, 2020

  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for August 13, 2020, focuses on Alfalfa Autotoxicity, presented by Dr. Kim Cassida, MSU Forage Specialist. Following Dr. Cassida's presentation, MSU specialists give updates and answer questions on insect pests and diseases and current conditions.

• Forage Management & Supply in a Drought

  Published on June 17, 2021

  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast on June 17, 2021, focuses on forage management and supply in a drought, presented by Kim Cassida, MSU forage specialist.

• Sorghum for Cover Crops and Forage

  Published on January 9, 2020

  Michigan State University (MSU) Forage and Cover Crop Specialist, Kim Cassida, explores how dual-purpose use for Sorghum cover crops can benefit both soil health and livestock. Forage sorghum, sudangrass, and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids (sometimes abbreviated as sudex) are exceptionally heat and drought tolerant annual crops that are often used as cover crops. They also have a long history as livestock feed harvested as hay, haylage, or pasture. This makes them a prime candidate for dual purpose use as both cover crop and forage. Dual purpose cover crops can help crop growers recoup the cost of planting a cover, while providing much needed feed for livestock. Because roots are not harvested, many of the soil improvement benefits remain. Frost-killed pasture can be stockpiled for winter grazing similar to corn stover, while also continuing to provide ground cover and erosion protection.

• Late-Season Alfalfa Management

  Published on August 12, 2021

  The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast on Aug. 12, 2021, focuses on late-season alfalfa management, presented by Kim Cassida, MSU Extension forage specialist.

• Irrigation Webinar Series - Session 1, July 7

  Published on July 9, 2021

  View the recording from the July 7 Irrigation Webinar Series. Hear more about irrigation scheduling, planning irrigation systems, the opportunity to produce annual forage crop under irrigation and irrigated crop nitrogen management in a year with too much and too little water.

• Getting Started with Hay Production

  Published on April 18, 2016

  The basics of hay production.

• Basics of Field Crop and Hay Production

  Published on January 4, 2016

  Getting started with field crops and hay.

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  Philip Kaatz

  Field Crops Educator
  kaatz@msu.edu
  

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  Philip Kaatz

  Field Crops Educator
  kaatz@msu.edu
  

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  James Isleib

  Crop Production Educator
  isleibj@msu.edu
  906-387-2530
  

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  Kim Cassida, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist - Forages & Cover Crops
  cassida@msu.edu
  517-353-0278
  

• Bruce MacKellar

  Food and Animal Systems
  mackella@msu.edu
  

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  Monica Jean

  Field Crops Educator
  atkinmon@msu.edu
  989-224-5240