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 Breakfast page.

Resources:

MSU Forage Resources

Wisconsin tool

MSU Enviroweather Alfalfa Cutting Model- also now an app!

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, check out the MSUE Virtual Breakfast page.

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.

Resources:

Michigan soybean on-farm research trials for 2026

Systems approach to early soybean planting in Michigan

Soybean planting considerations: Planting date, seeding rate and row spacing implications

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 from 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 Michigan Wheat Program webpage.

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, growers see immediately what each variable means to their bottom line.

At 32 minutes the presenters move to discuss a spreadsheet. We kept the audio so you could listen but we encourage you to download the 2026 Wheat Cost of Production Worksheet from the Michigan Wheat Program website. Scroll two-thirds down the page to Grower Resources and click on the green box to download the excel sheet.  

Resources: 

Evaluating Wheat Stands and Spring Management

Custom Machine Work Costs