Virtual Field Days

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day featuring Rufus Isaacs and Jackie Perkins.

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Rufus Isaacs and Jackie Perkins are in the field to discuss invasive insect species and diseases affecting grapes.

• Dry Bean & Sugar Beet Field Day - Christy Sprague

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Weed expert Christy Sprague discusses techniques to reduce pressure from mare's tail and water hemp weeds in sugar beet plots.

• Dry Bean & Sugar Beet Virtual Field Day - Kurt Steinke on dry beans

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Kurt Steinke and graduate student Christian Terwilliger look at six different nutrients, and how they are affecting dry bean production in the second year of a long term study.

• Dry Bean & Sugar Beet Virtual Field Day - Jaime Willbur

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Jaime Willbur and her graduate students provide an update on two ongoing research projects, inoculum reduction in sugar beets and early season detection of cercospora.

• Dry Bean & Sugar Beet Virtual Field Day - Daniel Bublitz

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Daniel Bublitz discusses the sugar beet advancement variety trials, including the effects of root disease and a new screening project.

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day featuring Paolo Sabbatini

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Paolo Sabbatini is looking for ways to manage grape vine canopy.

• Dry Bean & Sugar Beet Virtual Field Day - Kurt Steinke on Sugar Beets

  Published on August 19, 2020

  Kurt Steinke talks about optimal rates of N in sugar beets for 2020.

• Manure Virtual Field Day featuring Annie Link

  Published on August 17, 2020

  Annie Link, from Swiss Lane Dairy Farms, discusses being a fourth generation farmer.

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day: Jackie Perkins

  Published on August 5, 2020

  Jackie Perkins takes a look at diseases that affect Michigan's grapes.

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day: Rufus Isaacs

  Published on August 3, 2020

  Rufus Isaacs is in the field to discuss invasive insect species.

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day: Paolo Sabbatini

  Published on August 3, 2020

  Paolo Sabbatini is looking for ways to manage grape vine canopy.

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day: Sushila Chaudhari

  Published on August 3, 2020

  Sushila Chaudhari talks about herbicides for weed management and crop safety.

• Viticulture Virtual Field Day: Tim Miles

  Published on August 3, 2020

  Tim Miles takes a look at downy mildew, black rot, and powdery mildew on grapes.

• Bay Area Vegetable Virtual Field Day

  Published on July 29, 2020

  Ben Phillips hosts this look at projects happening in conjunction with the Bay Area Vegetable trials in 2020.

• 2020 Field Day - Welcome and Event Introduction

  Published on June 15, 2020

  Michigan Wheat Program chairman Dave Milligan welcomes producers to the first-ever all "Virtual" Field Day, featuring a half-dozen online research reports by MSU wheat researchers. Also welcome from Michigan State University by Dr. Jim Kells, professor of Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences and Project GREEEN coordinator. Brought to you by the 2020 Summer Field Day.

• 2020 Field Day - Wheat research and scouting report

  Published on June 15, 2020

  MSU wheat specialist Dennis Pennington talks about his wheat research project that varies planting date and seeding rate. The presentation includes a May 15, 2020, video showing wheat plots planted on five dates from mid-September through November 15, 2019. The video also shows plots of variable seeding rates from 1.6 to 2 million seeds/acre. Also discussion of malting wheat, frost damage, barley yellow dwarf virus and other ailments see this spring. At the Michigan Wheat Program's 2020 "Virtual" Field Day.

• 2020 Field Day - Roughstalk bluegrass in winter wheat: Should we be concerned?

  Published on June 15, 2020

  Dr. Christy Sprague, Professor in MSU's Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, talks about the problems that the Roughstalk Bluegrass causes in Michigan wheat and how it may be managed. At the 2020 Virtual Field Day sponsored by the Michigan Wheat Program.

• 2020 Field Day - Michigan Wheat Program's new Wheat Yield Contest

  Published on June 15, 2020

  Michigan Wheat Program Executive Director Jody Pollok-Newsom describes the brand-new Michigan Wheat Yield Contest for soft red and soft white winter wheat (irrigated and dryland). Results based on actual yields. The contest is in tandem with the National Wheat Yield Contest run by the National Association of Wheat Growers and the National Wheat Foundation.

• 2020 Field Day - New wheat varieties for Michigan farmers

  Published on June 15, 2020

  Dr. Eric Olson talks about his wheat breeding program and provides a "sneak preview" of new wheat varieties on the horizon. Olson discusses the advantages and differences in Jupiter, Harbor, Moonlight and other promising red and white winter wheat varieties on the horizon. At the Michigan Wheat Program's 2020 "Virtual" Summer Field Day.

• 2020 Field Day - Start right to finish well with nutrient management of wheat

  Published on June 15, 2020

  Dr. Kurt Steinke talk about his research on the impacts of fertilizer application on winter wheat yield and profitability. Focus on what nutrients and plant growth regulator make a good starting line for soft red and white winter wheat. Discussion of soil testing before planting, impact of planting date. Secondary focus on nutrient benefits in wheat straw production. At the Michigan Wheat Program's 2020 "Virtual" Summer Field Day.