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The agricultural programs in Saginaw County are focused on the field crops of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, dry beans, wheat and alfalfa. These six crops comprise a majority of the tilled acres in the county. This is accomplished in Saginaw County through educational programs, which inform farmers and agriculture business personnel on issues related to crop production in the area.
These programs include safe and efficient use of pesticides, fertilizers, and seed, farm financial record keeping, commodity marketing, integrated crop management, and farm safety. On farm demonstrations, farmers cooperate with MSUE to conduct field-sized trials on their farms to evaluate products, practices or simulate MSU research that is of direct interest. The demonstrations help to establish MSU proven research to farms throughout the state. These often require the use of funds secured from grants and special projects.
Saginaw County currently hosts MSU research trials in Soybean Variety Trial, Field Corn Variety Trial, Wheat Variety, and Fungicide Trials, Soybean Cyst Nematode Control Trial, as well as the Saginaw Valley Dry Bean and Sugar Beet Research Farm.
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Agricultural Weather
Selections in the homepage are provided by MSU Agricultural Weather Office and the National Weather Service.
Intergrated Pest Management
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach for managing insects, weeds and plant diseases that combines the use of biological control, cultural, physical, and chemical tactics in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks.
The Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alert newsletters feature timely pest management information based on current conditions. MSU faculty and Extension field staff write and pest management concerns. Select one of the four editions: fruit, vegetable, field crop and landscape. With the exception of the landscape edition, the information is primarily for commercial production of crops.
Value-Added Agriculture
Value-Added agriculture is a process of increasing the economic value and consumer appeal of an agricultural commodity.
MSU Wheat
The US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative aims to create the conditions necessary for a swift and complete technological triumph in the war against Fusarium Head Blight. Field Trials
MSU Variety Trials
(Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Forage)
Field Crops AoE
For the best local information check with your local MSU Extension office, listed by county in the directory.
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The MSUE Greater Thumb Ag Field Crop team works together during the year to create and publish a regional newsletter with timely topics, articles, and event dates for our area agricultural producers. If you are not on the email or mailing list for 'The Crop Connection' please contact your local MSUE office or Agriculture Extension Educator to come onboard! You can also find the recent editions below:
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For the latest in agriculture news and updates, check out MSUE News for Ag by visiting www.news.msue.msu.edu or click on the link below
MSUE News for Ag
MSU's Intergrated Pest Management (IPM) website provides information on crop management, pest managment, and additional links for other information sources.
MSU IPM Website
Enviro-weather provides up-to-date weather data and weather tools used pest, natural resource, and production management including Wheat Head Scab model, Multi-year Growing Degree Day average, and much more!
Enviro-weather
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Recent market volatility in wheat, corn and soybeans leaves one in question of ‘what to do?'
For insights into this question and the volatile markets which we operate with, click on the following article by Roger Betz, District Farm Management Educator and Jim Hilker, MSU Extension Specialist:
Markets Markets- What to do?
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