Michigan Field Crops

Welcome to the 15th episode of the 2026 season! Sarah Zeiler , MSU Extension Environmental Management Educator, hosts Dr. Younsuk Dong , MSU Irrigation Specialist. Dr. Dong offers timely tips for irrigation scheduling and system uniformity. Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page .

Welcome to the 14th episode of the 2026 season! Madelyn Celovsky , MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, hosts Dr. Martin Chilvers , MSU Field Crops Pathologist. Dr. Chilvers offers timely tips for scouting for and managing red crown rot and white mold in soybeans and tar spot in corn.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE...

Welcome to the 13th episode of the 2026 season! Monica Jean , MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, will host MSU Extension Field Crops specialists on a hot topic episode. Many topics were discussed and some examples were diseases, insects, hail damage and wheat harvest . Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfa...

Welcome to the 12th episode of the 2026 season! Korede Olugbenle , MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, will host Dennis Pennington , MSU Extension Wheat Specialist. Scott will discuss scouting wheat in Michigan.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page .

Welcome to the 11th episode of the 2026 season! Dave Wishowski, MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Jaime Wilbur , MSU Extension Sugar Beet and Potato Pathologist. Jaime will discuss identification and management strategies for Cercospora leaf spot. As temperatures get warmer, mixed with increased periods of leaf wetness, early-season disease control will be an important component to maximizing su...

Welcome to the 10th episode of the 2026 season! Jenna Falor , MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Scott Bales , MSU Extension Dry Bean Specialist. Scott will discuss planting dry beans in Michigan and how to manage things like anthracnose.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page . Resources: 2026 MSU...

Welcome to the 9th episode of the 2026 season! Teresa Crook, MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Erin Hill , MSU Weed Science Diagnostician. Erin will discuss recognizing herbicide resistance in field crops and how to sample and submit for resistance screening.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast p...

Welcome to the 8th episode of the 2026 season! Steve Whittington , MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Erin Burns , Assistant Professor of Field Crop Weed Science. Erin will discuss getting ahead of postemergence herbicide applications.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page . Resources: 2026 MSU...

Welcome to the 7th episode of the 2026 season! Christine Charles , MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Marty Chilvers , Assistant Professor of Field Crop Pathology. Marty will discuss getting ahead of wheat diseases this season.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page . Resources: Disease Resource...

Welcome to the 6th episode of the 2026 season! Nicolle Ritchie , MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Anders Huseth , Assistant Professor of Entomology. Anders will discuss the different models used to predict early season pest pressure.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page . Resources: https://...

Welcome to the 5th episode of the 2026 season! Teresa Crook , MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Kim Cassida , MSU Extension Forage Specialist. Kim will be discussing alfalfa cutting considerations including several tools that help you target the best time to cut.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfa...

Welcome to the 4th episode of the 2026 season! Korede Olugbenle , MSU Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Kurt Steinke , MSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist. Kurt will be discussing soil fertility considerations for management decisions when commodity prices are down and fertilizer costs are up.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, che...

Welcome to the 3rd episode of the 2026 season! Eric Anderson , MSU Extension Soybean Educator, will host Dr. Maninder Singh , MSU Extension Cropping System Agronomist. Manni will be discussing system approach to corn and soybean planting considerations.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page . Resour...

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the 2026 season! Jenna Falor , MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, will host Dr. Christy Sprague , MSU Extension Weeds Specialist. Christy will be discussing early season weed control to set yourself up for success.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page .

Welcome to the 1st episode of the 2026 season! Monica Jean , MSU Extension Educator, will host Dr. Anna Cates , University of Minnesota soil specialist. Anna will be talking about soil management that leads to more working days in the field.  Also, a weather update from Dr. Jeff Andresen . To learn more and register for the live event, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page .

In the Weeds Series 15 Episode 11: MSU Extension educator Madelyn Celovsky sits down with Erin Burns, MSU Weed Scientist, and Manni Sigh , MSU Associate Professor of Cropping Systems Agronomy, to discuss short corn and how to manage it.  Check out this MSUE article on short corn f rom Wallas Mendes da Silva and Manni Singh.

In the Weeds Special Addition: MSU Wheat Specialist Dennis Pennington hosts Jody Pollock Newsom, Michigan Wheat, and Joanna Follings, Cereals Specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, to discuss the value of including wheat in a diverse crop rotation. If you would like to see the graphs she is discussing her presentation with the video will be available on the Michiga...

In the Weeds Special Addition: MSU Extension Educator Jenna Falor hosts Jody Pollok Newsom, Michigan Wheat, and Angie Setzer, Consus Ag Consulting, to discuss current market conditions and factors. If you would like to see the graphs she is discussing her presentation with the video will be available on the Michigan Wheat Program webpage .

In the Weeds Series 15 Episode 10: MSU Extension educator Monica Jean sits down with Dr. Sarah Lebeis to discuss where biological products may pay off on the farm and where more testing may be needed. 

In the Weeds Special Addition: MSU Extension Educator Monica Jean  and Jody Pollok-Newsom host  Dennis Pennington , MSU Wheat Specialist, and Jonathan LaPorte , MSU Extension Farm Business Management Educator, to share their newly-developed wheat production calculator. This tool allows growers to make changes in the amount of inputs applied, their yield, their price, etc. Through this tool, grower...

In the Weeds Series 15 Episode 9: MSU Extension educator Madelyn Celovsky sits down with Dr. Younsuk Dong , MSU Irrigation Specialist, and Brenden Kelly , MSU Extension Irrigation educator, to hear about the cost saving and crop production benefits that can come with proper irrigation scheduling.  Resources Michigan Generally Accepted Agricultural  Practices for Irrigation Water Use  MSU Envirowea...

In the Weeds Series 15 Episode 8: MSU Extension educator Madelyn Celovsky sits down with Angie Gradiz and Lyndon Kelley , MSU Extension Irrigation educators, to hear about some sources of irrigation inefficiency and an exciting new opportunity for Michigan famers with irrigation.  Resources Check out the new Irrigation Mobile Lab Step-by-step for evaluating irrigation uniformity  

In the Weeds Series 15 Episode 7: MSU Extension educator Monica Jean and sits down with Mark Seamon , Michigan Soybean Committee Research Director, and Eric Anderson , MSU Extension soybean educator, to highlight 15 years of Michigan on-farm trials.  Resources MSC On-Farm Trial reports from 2017-2024  Register for the January 2026 Soybean Winter Meetings Visit MI Soybean Committee website or call...

In the Weeds Bonus Episode: MSU Extension Madelyn Celovsky and 4H PC Hayley Wineland sit down with two (very) young 4H farmers, CJ Cockcroft (Springport) and Meredith Creguer (Unionville) to talk about how the 2025 growing season went for them as they prepped to show corn and sugar beets at fairs this summer. 

In the Weeds Series 15 Episode 6: MSU Extension educator Monica Jean and Madelyn Celovsky sit down with Angie Setzer, Consus Ag Consulting, to wrap up the 2025 grain marketing year and talk strategies for finding profit in 2026.  Resources MSU Extension Farm Stress Program connects farmers to therapists who have an understanding of the agricultural community and farming  The 988 Suicide & Cris...