Pesticide Safety & Education Program

• Apr 1

  Tuesday Evening Fruit Meetings

  April 1, 2025 5:30PM – 7:30PM Zoom

  Join Educators Derek Plotkowski, Mike Reinke and Cheyenne Sloan for our weekly small fruit IPM updates.

• Apr 3

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Planter Set-up Considerations (RUP/CCA)

  April 3, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is planter setup considerations with Jason Koning of Precision Planting.

• Apr 10

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Corn and Soybean Planting Considerations (RUP/CCA)

  April 10, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is corn and soybean planting considerations with Manni Singh.

• Apr 17

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Nitrogen Stabilizers and Extenders (CCA only)

  April 17, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is nitrogen stabilizers and extenders with Kurt Steinke.

• Apr 24

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Herbicide Resistance – Waterhemp Focus (RUP/CCA)

  April 24, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is herbicide resistance with a special focus on waterhemp with Dr. Erin Hill.

• May 1

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Maximizing Forage Quality in Hay and Haylage (RUP/CCA)

  May 1, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is maximizing forage quality in hay and haylage with Dr. Kim Cassida.

• May 8

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Disease Management in Wheat (RUP/CCA)

  May 8, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is disease management in wheat with Dr. Marty Chilvers.

• May 15

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Post Weed Control (RUP/CCA)

  May 15, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is post weed control with Dr. Erin Burns.

• May 22

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Heat Stress & Wheat with (CCA only)

  May 22, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is heat stress and wheat with Dennis Pennington.

• May 29

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Dry Bean Management: Data-Driven Decisions (RUP/CCA)

  May 29, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is data-driven decisions in dry bean management with Scott Bales.

• Jun 5

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Wheat Fungicide (RUP/CCA)

  June 5, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is wheat fungicide with Dennis Pennington.

• Jun 12

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Cercospora for Sugar Beets (RUP/CCA)

  June 12, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is Cercospora for sugar beets with Dr. Jaime Willbur

• Jun 19

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Legacy Phosphorus: The Hidden Driver of Drainage Loss (CCA only)

  June 19, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is legacy phosphorus with Dr. Ehsan Gane.

• Jun 26

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Irrigation Management (CCA only)

  June 26, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is irrigation management with Dr. Younsuk Dong.

• Jul 3

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Insects RUP/CCA)

  July 3, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is all things insects with Dr. Chris DiFonzo.

• Jul 10

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Hot Topics! (RUP/CCA)

  July 10, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is Hot Topics! with all MSU Educators and Specialists.

• Jul 17

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: White Mold – Tar Spot Spraying (RUP/CCA)

  July 17, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is white mold and spraying for tar spot with Dr. Marty Chilvers.

• Jul 24

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Cover Crops After Wheat (RUP/CCA)

  July 24, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is cover crops after wheat with Dr. Brooke Wilke.

• Jul 31

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Insect Diagnostic Topics (RUP/CCA)

  July 31, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is insect diagnostic topics with Dr. Sarah Hughson

• Aug 5

  Seed Treatment Webinar Series

  August 5, 2025 12:00PM – 1:00PM Online

  These one-hour webinars will cover different topics about applying pesticides to seeds. Category 4 and Private Core RUP credits will be available for each webinar.