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Meeting grain requirements for your daily diet

Published on May 22, 2018
Get creative with your daily diet and find new, fun recipes to meet nutritional daily values.
Connect with MSU campus specialists each week via the MSUE Field Crops Virtual Breakfast

Published on May 4, 2018
The May 3, 2018, virtual breakfast is now online. Listen to an online recording or call in live, early on Thursday mornings.
2018 Status of herbicide-resistant weeds in Michigan

Published on April 24, 2018
One new case of herbicide resistance was identified in Michigan from the 2017 growing season.
Tax laws and their impacts on farms in 2018

Published on April 12, 2018
A breakfast meeting on April 17 in St. Joseph County will focus on various tax laws, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and how they will impact farmers in 2018. The meeting will also be available online.
The Soil Health Nexus is looking to better understand your soil health challenges

Published on April 11, 2018
Take this survey to help us develop soil health tools to educate farmers, farm consultants, educators, and agency personal.
Prepare for the 2018 cropping season with breakfast meeting series in St. Joseph County

Published on March 16, 2018
A breakfast meeting series for field crop producers and agribusiness professionals in southwest Michigan will run March 27 – May 15, 2018, in Centreville.
Farmers can apply for EQIP funds to enhance monarch butterfly habitat

Published on February 22, 2018
With financial assistance from NRCS’s EQIP initiative, Michigan farmers can create or improve monarch habitat around their farm.
Navigating a challenging farm economy

Published on February 12, 2018
Understand the financial basics of your farm operation and the several tools available to help you weather these lean economic times at this March 2, 2018, meeting in St. Joseph County.
New website provides Midwest farmers easy-to-access crop management resources

Published on January 30, 2018
The redesigned Crop Protection Network website provides new research-based resources to help farmers and agribusiness personnel make crop management decisions.
Pest and field crop management update meetings set for 2018

Published on January 8, 2018
Michigan State University Extension will host its flagship Pest and Crop Management Update Meetings in January 2018.