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Growing nitrogen with legume cover crops

Published on May 10, 2023
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but price fluctuations of fertilizers leave farmers looking for alternative solutions. Planting legumes as a cover crop can increase soil nitrogen and perhaps even reduce reliance on fertilizers.
Soybeans and nitrogen applications featured on upcoming Field Crops Virtual Breakfast

Published on May 4, 2023
Participants will learn if applying nitrogen fertilizer to soybeans is profitable and what products, application methods and rates have the most potential to increase profitability.
Post-emergence weed control discussed in upcoming Field Crops Virtual Breakfast

Published on April 19, 2023
The April 27 Field Crops Virtual Breakfast will feature Erin Burns on post-emergence weed control in field crops.
Corn and soybean planting considerations

Published on April 13, 2023
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast participants will learn how to adjust planting decisions and practices based on soil and weather conditions and calendar dates.
Southwest Michigan field crops update – April 13, 2023

Published on April 13, 2023
Warm and dry conditions this past week have opened up an extended window for making burndown applications, manure applications, and tillage operations as soils have dried out.
Southwest Michigan field crops update – April 6, 2023

Published on April 6, 2023
Early warm soils and more than enough rainfall so far this spring…which will give way first to allow for field work?
Michigan’s biochar

Published on March 30, 2023
Chris Saffron and Mike Person of the Great Lakes Biochar Network discuss the properties of biochar and its industry potential in the Great Lakes region.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast series to kick off new growing season March 30, 2023

Published on March 8, 2023
This free weekly series for farmers and agribusinesses focuses on a wide array of relevant field crop pest and crop management topics during the growing season.
Prairie strips: A case study on improving farming yields and pollinator habitat by transforming unprofitable farmland into prairie

Published on March 1, 2023
Creating an agroecosystem to benefit wildlife, research, and the future of farming.
New MSU research helps better quantify soil carbon stock changes

Published on February 27, 2023
In a new paper published in Scientific Reports, MSU professor Bruno Basso shows how scientists must use a correction calculation to accurately quantify changes in soil carbon stocks over time.