Agriculture
Upcoming Events:
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Wild Weather for Hay
July 11, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers wild weather for hay with Kim Cassida.
Women in Ag Summer Series: Quickbooks vs PC Mars
July 15, 2024 6:00PM – 7:30PM Free pizza is served at 6PM, come by 6:30 for the start of the program Huron Expo Center, 170 W Soper Road, Bad Axe, MI
Quickbooks vs PC Mars, what can MSU Extension do for you? Farm Business Educator Corey Clark will discuss how PC Mars works, its features and more.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: White Mold - Tar Spot Spraying
July 18, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers white mold - tar spot spraying with Marty Chilvers.
Southwest Michigan No-Till Field Day
July 19, 2024 9:30AM – 1:30PM Registration/check-in starts at 9:00 am 93599 County Road 652, Marcellus, MI 49067
Discuss troubleshooting no-till systems, see a soil pit in a long-term no-till field, and learn about soil health indicators.
July 23, 2024 6:00PM – 8:00PM 1791 Hillandale Rd, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 at the second building on the right, with the picnic tables and two large garage doors.
Join us at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center (SWMREC) for an evening walk to learn what's happening in the MSU vegetable programs here, seek advice, kick equipment, grab a bite to eat and enjoy a summer evening on the farm.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Hot Topics
July 25, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers hot topics with MSU Extension Field Crops educators.
August 20, 2024 6:00PM – 8:00PM 1791 Hillandale Rd, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 at the second building on the right, with the picnic tables and two large garage doors.
Join us at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center (SWMREC) for an evening walk to learn what's happening in the MSU vegetable programs here, seek advice, kick equipment, grab a bite to eat and enjoy a summer evening on the farm.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Diagnostic Topics
August 8, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers diagnostic topics with Erin Hill.
Women in Ag Summer Series: Farm Safety
August 13, 2024 6:00PM – 7:30PM Free pizza will be served at 6, programming starts at 6:30 Bieth Memorial Park, Caro MI
Farm Safety is something we may not think about all the time, but it is very important. We will discuss basic farm safety including visibility and PTO safety.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Field Crops Nematode Update
August 15, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers field crops nematode update with Marisol Quintanilla.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Lime
August 22, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers lime with Kurt Steinke.
Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Maximizing Wheat Yield Potential
August 29, 2024 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom
This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information to field crop farmers and consultants on rapidly changing crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week covers maximizing wheat yield potential with Dennis Pennington.
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