MSU Extension Field Crops Webinar Series returns February 2025
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EmailThe Field Crops Webinar Series is offered for eight weeks to help prepare for the 2025 growing season.
Field crop producers, consultants and agribusiness professionals are invited to participate in the 2025 Field Crops Webinar Series, a series of eight online meetings addressing field crop production and pest management offered by Michigan State University Extension (MSU Extension). Participants will be able to access the expertise of agriculture specialists and educators from the comfort of their home or office.
The theme for this year's series is once again Two for the Price of One: Conversations in Row Crop Agriculture. Each session will feature two speakers giving short presentations and discussing different aspects of the topic in an informal talk-show/podcast format with plenty of opportunity for interaction with the audience. Participants will hear how to enhance their row crop production systems in the coming season and have an opportunity to ask questions of agricultural experts.
The live webinars will run on Monday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. beginning Feb. 3 and ending March 24, 2025.
Topics in the series include:
- February 3 - New Corn Planting Strategies, Manni Singh, MSU associate professor of cropping systems agronomy, and Dan Quinn, Purdue assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist
- February 10 - Economic Consideration of Wheat Production, Dennis Pennington, MSU Extension wheat specialist, and Chad Grote, precision agronomist at Advanced Agrilytics
- February 17 - Weather Variability and Field Crop Production in Michigan, Jeff Andersen, MSU professor and state climatologist for Michigan
- February 24 - Harvest Timing Considerations for Alfalfa, Kim Cassida, MSU associate professor and Extension specialist of forages and cover crops, and Scott Newell, University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension alfalfa outreach specialist
- March 3 - The Effects of Tillage on Soil Structure and Why Soil Structure is so Important, Ian McDonald, crop innovation specialist at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Alex Barrie, soil management engineer at OMAFRA
- March 10 - New Technologies and Trends in Weed Control, Christy Sprague, MSU professor of weed science, and Bryan Young, Purdue weed science professor
- March 17 - Grain Marketing, Molly Sears, assistant professor in the MSU Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, and John LaPorte, MSU Extension farm management educator
- March 24 - Disease Update, Marty Chilvers, MSU associate professor in field crop pathology
The cost of registration is $20 per person for the entire series. This year, we have been approved for seven restricted use pesticide (RUP) applicator credits throughout the course of the program and 8 certified crop adviser (CCA) continuing education units (CEU). Those who attend the live webinars will be eligible to receive one CCA CEU per week and one RUP credit per week, with the exception of March 17. Those requesting RUP credits will receive them in Private Core (if private applicator) or choose between Commercial Core or category 1A (field crops) if they are a commercial applicator.
Webinars will be recorded and archived so participants may choose to view the recordings at a later date. Credits are available only for participants in the live sessions.
Register for the 2025 Field Crops Webinar Series
Each Monday, registrants will receive an email reminding them of the webinar coming up that evening with the link to the webinar and any other pertinent reminders. The webinars may be accessed on a mobile device or a computer with a stable internet connection—no other equipment is necessary. Archived recordings from previous seasons are accessible for free at the MSU Extension Field Crops Webinar Series webpage.
For additional information or assistance, contact the Clinton County MSU Extension office at 989-224-5241 or walker628@msu.edu. Call to request accommodations for persons with disabilities. Requests will be fulfilled when possible.
