MSU Extension

Korede Olugbenle is a Michigan State University Extension field crops educator specializing in conservation agronomy. In his role, Korede will work collaboratively with team members, farmers and agriculture and conservation organizations to design and deliver educational programming on conservation agriculture practices in southeast Michigan. He will be working out of the Lenawee County Extension office and will cover Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe and Wayne Counties.

Korede obtained his master’s degree in Agroecology and PhD in Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While pursuing his graduate degrees he focused primarily on researching agronomic management practices for the perennial - Kernza intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) - as a dual-use grain and forage crop with Dr. Valentin Picasso. During his master’s degree in Agroecology, he researched the optimal planting date of Kernza IWG intercropped with red clover. While completing his doctorate, his research focused on other agronomic management practices of IWG such as plant density and row spacing, termination and subsequent crop rotation, and performance evaluations with legume intercrops.