Delayed Planting and Harvest Decision Articles

Pricing standing corn silage

Published on August 23, 2024
How to find a starting point for negotiations between buyer and seller.
Recommendations for a late soybean harvest

Published on November 2, 2023
Overcome the challenges associated with a late soybean harvest.
Harvesting and handling frost-damaged soybeans

Published on October 26, 2023
Soybean producers can try these recommendations to reduce adverse effects of frost or freeze damage to immature soybeans.
Pricing standing forage

Published on June 27, 2023
How to determine forage prices - finding a starting point for short-term sales.
Insurance options for vegetable growers

Published on May 6, 2021
Risk management programs can take the edge off of major losses from lower yields, crop losses, or prevented planting from weather events.
Significant flooding in Michigan has caused hardships for agriculture, MSU Extension responds.

Published on June 5, 2020
MSU Extension has developed a resource a document to help support agricultural producers making flood-related decisions.
Be on the lookout for European corn borer in hops

Published on May 19, 2020
In 2019, European corn borer did significant damage in a number of Michigan hopyards.
Recording of webinar on managing corn and soybeans in on-farm storage is now available

Published on April 16, 2020
Challenging harvest conditions last fall led to on-farm grain storage with higher than normal moisture content. A recorded webinar is now available providing information for maximizing grain quality and minimizing health and safety risks.
Farm Bill ACR/PLC update for Michigan — near crunch time!

Published on March 2, 2020
The deadline for enrolling in the Farm Bill is rapidly approaching. The following information will help you make the best program choices for your farm.
Soybean production lessons learned from the 2019 growing season

Published on February 20, 2020
Many soybean producers would like to forget the 2019 growing season. However, there may be some important lessons that can be learned that will serve producers well in the future.