In the Weeds Series 3 Episode 2: Eric Anderson and Monica Jean, MSU Extension Field Crop Educator, sits down with James DeDecker, Director at the MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center, to discuss pollination considerations for the 2020 season.  

In the Weeds Series 2 Episode 5: MSU Extension Educators Monica Jean and Sarah Fronzack sit down with Sarah Noggle, Ohio State University Extension Educator, to discuss water quality issues in the Lake Erie Basin and what Michigan Farmers can learn from Ohio. 

In the Weeds Series 3 Episode 1: Eric Anderson, MSU Extension Field Crop Educator, sits down with David Colville, Insurance Agent at Colville Insurance, to discuss policy options for the 2020 hemp crop. Deadline for insuring is March, 15 2020. 

In the Weeds Series 2 Episode 4: MSU Extension Educators Monica Jean and Sarah Fronzack sit down with Tess Van Gorder, Agriculture Ecology Department Specialist for the Michigan Farm Bureau, to discuss the use of on-farm digesters.  

In the Weeds Series 2 Episode 3: MSU Extension Educators Monica Jean, Sarah Fronzack and Erica Rogers sit down to discuss online tools and reflect on the difficulties related to manure management on farms. **This is an early release, so the next podcast wont be released till 3/4. Monica needs a Vaca!

In the Weeds Series 2 Episode 2: MSU Extension Educators Monica Jean and Sarah Fronzack, sits down with Tim Boring, Michigan Agribusiness Association, and Tom Zimnicki, Program Director of Agriculture and Water Quality for the Michigan Environmental Council, to discuss private industry impacts on farming sustainability standards. 

In the Weeds Series 2 Episode 1: MSU Extension Educators Monica Jean and Sarah Fronzack, sits down with Randy Dell, Agriculture Program Director of the Nature Conservancy in Michigan, and Brian Wendling, Saginaw County Public Works Commissioner, to discuss a partnership to maintain county drainage between counties and farmers. 

In the Weeds Series 1 Episode 5: MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, Monica Jean, sits down with Dean Baas, MSU Extension Sustainable Agriculture Educator, and Ricardo Costa, Field Crops MSU Extension Educator, to discuss the role cover crops should play in our rotations and how Farmers can achieve that.

In the Weeds Series 1 Episode 4: MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, Monica Jean, sits down with Mark Seamon, Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee, and Mike Station, Field Crops MSU Extension Educator, to discuss the future of soybeans for Michigan Farmers including markets, uses and sustainability. 

In the Weeds Series 1 Episode 3: MSU Extension Field Crops Educator, Monica Jean, sits down with Chris DiFonzo, MSU Field Crops Entomologist, to explore the progression of Bt resistance and the solutions.