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MSU AgBioResearch, Extension to host research center field days this summer
Published on June 6, 2023
The public is invited to learn about research and programming that impact Michigan food and natural resources -
Manure, compaction, and cover crops
Published on June 2, 2023
A summary of soil compaction and how to prevent it in your fields. -
New $1.95M USDA grant to support training of diverse agriculture professionals in soil organic carbon assessment
Published on June 1, 2023
The grant is funded through USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. -
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. -
Alfalfa fields wanted to test method for detecting autotoxicity before planting
Published on May 2, 2023
MSU researchers are developing a method to fine-tune alfalfa planting decisions by detecting autotoxicity in soils and we need farm fields where we can test it. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Wheat is the soil health advantage
Published on February 6, 2023
Laura Van Eerd details how soil metrics of her long-term experiments were influenced by the reintroduction of wheat.