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June 2013
--Market Report
--Wanted/For Sale
--Field Day at Chatham
--MacFarland Starts in Chatham
--2013 MCA Summer Round-Up
--Breakfast on the Farm
--U.P. Farmer uses Buckwheat On Clay Soil
--Phytotoxicity
--…FSA News
--Sponsors
--Calendar
May 2013
--Market Report
--For Sale/ Wanted
--Pullorum Testing
--Educational Program
for horse owners
--4-H Youth Market
Livestock Clinic
--Planting too soon when
soils are damp can
be costly
--Small Livestock &
Poultry Swap & Sale
--Fall Calving: How it
Started & Why We
Like It
--Agriculture for
Tomorrow Follow up
--FSA News
--Target Tillage to Protect
the Soil
--Sponsors
--Calendar
April 2013
--Market Report
--For Sale/ Wanted
--Search for crop producers
--Breeding Soundness Exam
for bulls
--Equine Business Online
Courses
--Beekeeping Workshop
--Copper Country Farm
Bureau Workshops
--What’s the UP Food
Exchange
--Evaluating, Operating and
Scheduling Irrigation
Systems
--FSA News
--Online Crop and Forage
Highlights
--Sponsors
--Calendar
March 2013
--Market Report
-For Sale/ Wanted
--Bull Buyers Select for
Profitability Traits
--CCFB Workshop
-Pullorum Testing
--UP Food Exchange
Website
--Farm Food Safety
Workshops
--Integrated Crop
Pollination
--FSA News
--IPM Planning for
Vegetable Insects
--Breeding Soundness
Exam for Bulls
Sponsors
--Calendar
Febuary 2013
--Market Report
--For Sale/ Wanted
--New Tax Law
--Copper Country Farm
Bureau workshop series
--Annie’s Project
--Breeding Soundness
Exam for Bulls
--Beginning Farmers
Webinar Series
--Agriculture for Tomorrow
Conference
--Beef Cow Calf Webinar
--Dairy Industry Meeting
--MSU research facility in
U.P. receives new name,
-vFSA News
--USDA Finalizes
Microloan Program
--MSU Online Crop and
Forage Highlights
--Bay de Noc Beef Sale
results
--Alternative Minimum
Tax Impacted by New
Law
--Sponsors
January 2013
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted
--Forage Educational
Meetings
--Good Food-Safe Food
-- Annie’s Project
-- Michigan Shepherds
Weekend
-- Beginning Farmers
Webinar
-- FSA News
-- Pasture Walk update
-- Sponsors
-- Calendar
December 2012
Market Report
-- For Sale/ Wanted
-- Forage Educational
Meetings in the UP Region
-- Pesticide Application-
Training and Exam
Schedule
-- Using Oilseed Radish to
Extend Grazing Season
-- Conference Call-FSA
programs
-- Good Food-Safe Food
-- Michigan Shepard's
Weekend
--
Year-End Tax Planning
-- FSA News
-- Farm Gifts Have a
Deadline
-- 2013 UP Beginning
Farmer Webinar Series
-- Would You Like Salsa
With That
--Sponsors
--Calendar
November 2012
--Market Report
--For Sale/ Wanted
-- Feeder Cattle Marketing
-- UP Ag Conference Call
--MDARD Pesticide Exam
Schedule
--USDA Announcement
-- What is Shredlage?
-- Disaster Loan Program
-- Breakfast on the Farm Hosts
-- FSA News
-- Managing for Change
-- Verso Paper's Re-use Program
--Sponsors
-- Calendar
October 2012
--Market Report
--For Sale/ Wanted
-- Feeder Cattle Marketing
-- UP Ag Conference Call
--Fungicidal Trial on Oats
--Fall Management tips for
--Drought Stressed Hay
Fields
--Rest Pastures & Stockpile
--Grass for Next Spring
--Harvesting and Feeding
--Corn Stalks
--FSA News
--Corn Stover Harvesting
--Sponsors
-- Calendar
September 2012
Market Report
-- For Sale/ Wanted
-- U.P. Potato Field Day
-- Husbandry Practices for
Rearing Dairy Steer
Calves
-- Planting Winter Rye to
Extend the Growing
Season
-- Safe Canning Practices
-- Michigan State Grazing
School
-- FSA News
-- Pasture Walk
-- Slow Moving Vehicle
Safety
-- Winter Wheat-Viable
cash crop for U.P.? -- Sponsors -- Calendar
August 2012
Market Report
-- For Sale/ Wanted
-- Upcoming Livestock
Auctions
-- Conserving Soil
Moisture in Vegetables Pasture Management
During/After Drought
-- Corn Prices and
Drought Impacts
-- Cottage Food Law in
Michigan Woody Biomass
Field Day -- Opportunity to
Market Hay as Cash
Crop -- FSA News -- Great Northern Dairy
Beef Project Update -- Sponsors -- Calendar
July 2012
Market Report -- BVD Testing Cattle For UP State Fair -- Breakfast on the Farm -- For Sale/Wanted -- Summer Forage -- Online Program -- Forage Seeding Rates -- Drought Management Conference Call -- Summer Planting for Supplemental Forage Production -- Grant Program Opportunity -- FSA News --
--”Michigan Fresh” fruit -- Education Programs for Sheep/Goat producers -- Farm Tech Day Event -- Sponsors
June 2012
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Breakfast on the Farm -- Key to Profit Sale Results -- Farm Woodlots Managed Wisely -- Michigan Fresh -- Forage/Bioenergy Crop/Small Grains -- Changes in MSU Soil Testing Services -- FSA News -- Impact of 2012 Spring Weather on Alfalfa -- MSUE News Digests -- Sponsors -- Calendar
May 2012
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Breakfast on the Farm -- Oil & Gas Leasing Webinar -- Pesticide Applicator Credits -- Select & Handle Ammonium Sulfate -- Using Small Grains for Forage -- FSA News -- Wrapping Dry Hay -- MSUE Lawn & Garden Hotline -- Maintaining Fresh Produce -- Sponsors -- Calendar
April 2012
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Beef Feeder Cattle Marketing -Will we make a profit in 2012? -- Building Soil Quality With An Oilseed Radish Cover Crop - Where Did The N Go? -- Wheat Gets A Jump-Start This Year Despite Challenging Growing Conditions -- Breeding Soundness Exams for
Bulls -- FSA News -- Forage Soybean as an Alternative Forage Crop -- Hydrating New Bare Root Trees For Planting -- Pasture Walk in the Western UP – Sponsors – Calendar -- Beginning Farmer Webinar Seriesr
March 2012
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Diseases on Corn for Silage -- Things to be Considered for Spring Forage Management -- Cull Dairy Cows Decrease Replacement Costs --Raising Dairy Steer Calves -- FSA News -- GUPAA's Featured Speaker – Festulolium – Sponsors – Calendar
February 2012
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Beekeeping Workshops -- Buying MI Farm Real Estate? -- Sales Tax & Other Issues -- Learning Too Late the Perils in Gas Well Leases -- Is An Oil & Gas Lease Right For Me? -- FSA News -- Pesticide Test Review -- Great Lakes Forage & Grazing Conference -- Alfalfa Variety Testing Results – Sponsors – Calendar
January 2012
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Social Security Basics, Part 4 – Cranberries -- Sheep and Goat Meeting -- Farm Labor Enterprise -- Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference -- Bay de Noc Beef Sale Results -- FSA News – Sponsors -- UP Beginning Farmers Workshop Flyer – Calendar
December 2011
Market Report-For Sale/ Wanted
-- Pesticide Applicator
Training and Exams
-- Calf Care School
-- FSA News
-- Alfalfa Root Rot
- TelFarm Workshop
-- Large Round Bale
Storage
-- Ag for Tomorrow
Conference Impact
-- Potato Growers can
prevent late blight
-Social Security
Basics Part 3
-- Sponsors
-- Calendar
November 2011
For Sale/ Wanted
--Delta County MSUE
--Forage Educational
meeting in the U. P.
--Sheep and Goat
Informational meeting for
UP producers
--Bonus Depreciation for
Tax Planning
--Annie's Project
--News from the U. P. State
Fair Livestock Advisory
Committee
--Do Fungicides Make Sense
for Oats and Barley in
Northern Michigan
--MSU Extension Redesign
Update
--Direct Expensing for Farm
Taxes
--Beginning Farmers Series
--Sponsors
-- Calendar
October 2011
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- -Raising Dairy Calves -- Corn Grazing Pasture Walk -- Cattle Prices Start High -- -Feeder Cattle Marketing Options -- Fall Horse Pasture – Management -- FSA News -- Nitrate Toxicity in Forage Crops and Its Interpretation – Sponsors – Calendar
September 2011
Market Report -- For Sale/ Wanted -- After the Drought -- Social Security Basics Part 2 -- FSA News -- MSU Helping Farmers -- MSU Grazing School -- Tell Me Again -- Marketing Options -- Great Northern Dairy Beef Project -- Preliminary Results, Winter Wheat Variety Trial – Sponsors – Calendar
August 2011
Market Report -- For Sale/Wanted -- Social Security Basics, Part 1 -- Failing to Plan Means Planning to Fail -- Social Security Tax Optional Failing to Plan -- Forage Brassicas -- On-Farm Food Safety Field Days -- Feed Resources and
Pricing Meetings -- FSA News -- Do I Really Need To Add Ammonium Sulfate -- Wheat Marketing Project – Sponsors – Calendar
July 2011
Market Report -- For Sale -- Late Summer Seeding -- Late Planted Corn -- Deer Exclusion Fencing -- FSA News -- Planting Brown Midrib -- Sorghum Sudangrass, Feed Resources & Pricing meetings -- Sponsors
June 2011
Market Report -- Processing Poultry -- FSA News -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Clover Differences -- Field Day -- Sulfur Vary GUPAA Honor -- Wood Ash --BVD Testing -- News & Views -- Cutting Alfalfa – Sponsors – Calendar
May 2011
Market Report -- Upcoming events -- New Online Tool -- For Sale/ Wanted --Starting out Clean -- 4-H Leadermete -- F.S.A News -- Reed Canarygrass -- Field Peas -- Winter feeding --Piroplasmosis Test --BVD Final Notice -- Crown Rust – Sponsors -- Calendar
April 2011
Market Report -- Upcoming events -- Roundup Ready Alfalfa -- BVD Project -- Pesticide Exams -- Breeding Soundness -- Exam clinics -- Foot & Mouth Disease -- F.S.A News -- Wind Farms – Community information -- For Sale/ Wanted -- Bay de Noc Gardening Conference -- Crop Grants – Sponsors -- Calendar
March 2011
Market Report -- Upcoming events -- Roundup Ready
Alfalfa -- BVD Project -- Pesticide Exams -- Breeding Soundness -- Exam clinics -- Foot & Mouth
Disease -- F.S.A News -- Wind Farms
Community information -- Bay de Noc
Gardening
Conference -- Crop Grants -- Sponsors --Calendar
February 2011
Market Report -- BVD Info -- Meetings & Webinars -- For Sale Ads -- New Ext. Staff Roles -- Footbath Environmental Management on the Farm program & Registration form -- S.U.R.E. information -- Community information -- Understanding how hay dries in the field -- Sponsors -- Calendar
January 2011
Market Report -- BVD Info -- Meetings & Webinars -- For Sale Ads -- New Ext. Staff Roles -- Footbath Management Cow Hygiene & Injuries in Free Stalls -- Using Low Quality Hay Beef Producer To Do List -- Sponsors -- Calendar
December 2010
Market Report -- BVD Info -- Meetings & Webinars -- For Sale Ads -- New Ext. Staff Roles -- Footbath Management Cow Hygiene & Injuries in Free Stalls -- Using Low Quality Hay Beef Producer To Do List -- Sponsors -- Calendar
November 2010
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Sale Results -- Ag for Tomorrow -- Market Outlooks -- For Sale Ads -- Beef Drug Residues -- U.P. Fair Update -- Heavy Rain Forage Damage -- Somatic Cell Counts -- Tax Planning --
October 2010
Market Report -- Feeder Sale Schedule -- TB News -- Weaning Methods -- For Sale Ads -- Red Clover Makes Milk -- Heifer Prices -- 2010 Tax Planning -- Natural Vs. Artificial -- Breeding -- Fall Soil Testing-- Sponsors -- Calendar –
September 2010
Market Report -- UP Fair Results -- Feeder Cattle Marketing -- BVD Testing -- Horse Pasture Weed Control -- UPES Herd Dispersal Sale
August 2010
Market Report -- Johne's Field Days -- BVD -- Shepherd's Picnic -- Income-(less expense)=More Money -- Heat Stress In Cows
July 2010
Market Report -- Field Days -- Johne's Disease -- Wender Cattle Sale -- Easement vs. ROW -- Dairy Cattle Auction Info
June 2010
Market Report -- Sales and Results -- TB Info -- Thin Cows Have Greater Risk of Becoming Lame -- More Milk, Lower Feed Costs -- Value Reduced After BVD-PI Exposure
May 2010
Market Report -- Sales and Results -- 2010 Bull Breeding Tour -- FSA News -- BVD -- Planning for an Affordable Hay and Pasture Fertilizer Program
Link for this issue:
Potassium Fertilizer Management in Alfalfa
April 2010
Market Report -- FSA News -- MSU Cow Camp -- Applying Manure to Alfalfa -- BVD Program Update -- Sales and Events
March 2010
Market Report -- Increasing Beef Cattle Value -- U.P. State Fair -- New Name for Research Center -- ABCs of Bull Buying -- Cattle Outlook
February 2010
Market Report -- Minerals for Sheep -- Ten Biomass Myths -- Your Dairy Business -- Ag for Tomorrow Schedule and Registration Form -- U.P. Corn, Small Grain and Forage Performance Trials
January 2010
Market Report -- Cattle Sale Results -- BVD Wrap-up Plan -- Ag for Tomorrow -- TB Update -- Pesticide Exams and Rule Changes
December 2009
Market Report -- Cattle Sale Results -- BVD Info -- Mold and Wet Corn -- Milk Replacer Ratio -- Standards of Beef Reproduction
November 2009
Market Report -- Lamb Pool Results -- Feeder Cattle Markets -- Forestry Programs -- Redesigning Your Dairy Business -- Nitrate Toxicity and Prussic Acid Poisoning
October 2009
Market Report -- Feeder Sale Dates and Results -- Stray Voltage -- BVD Update -- Harvesting Frosted Corn -- Methods of Alfalfa Stand Assessment
September 2009
Market Report -- Feeder Sale Dates -- U.P. Fair Results -- Worm Biosecurity -- Animal Welfare -- Heifer Vaccination Program
August 2009
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Min Wins Merit -- Tally Time -- Dairy Transition Management -- Forage Brassicas for Fall Grazing
July 2009
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Beef Marketing Meeting -- BSE Test Results -- Johne's Disease Control Program Costs -- Switchgrass Variety Testing
June 2009
Market Report -- BVD Updates -- Cattle Sale News -- Meeting/Event Notices -- New Wolf Regulations -- First Harvest Alfalfa
May 2009
Market Report -- BVD Updates -- Livestock Sale Results -- Meeting/Event Notices -- GUPAA Annual Meeting -- Frost Seeding
April 2009
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Spring Livestock Sales -- Meeting/Event Notices -- FSA News -- Last Call for BSE Testing
March 2009
Market Report -- Potato Variety Trial -- Meeting/Event Notices -- BVD Update -- Eliminating Curly Calf -- Future of U.P. State Fair
February 2009
Market Report -- Young Farmers Conference -- Meeting/Event Notices -- BVD Update -- Cost Effective Management Strategies -- 2008 U.P. Small Grain and Forage Performance Trials
January 2009
Market Report -- Meat Goat Opportunities -- Meeting/Event Notices -- BVD Update -- Rest Equals More Milk -- Corn Silage May Not Measure Up This Winter
November 2008
Market Report -- BVD and Cattle Health -- Meeting/Event Notices -- Minimizing Round Bale Storage Loss -- Vaccinating Calves -- Best Timing for Breeding
October 2008
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Meeting/Event Notices -- Controlling Johne's -- Harvest Alfalfa this Fall -- Forest Biomass Coordinator -- Hoary Alyssum Weed Control -- Growing Horse Hay and Pastures
September 2008
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Meeting/Event Notices -- Field Day Wrap-up -- Feeder Calf Marketing Issues -- Dairy Strategies with Expensive Corn
Links for this issue:
- 2008 Michigan Fall/Winter Beef Cattle Sale Schedule
- Growing Hay and Pasture for Michigan Horses Extension Bulletin E-2305
July 2008
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Meeting/Event Notices -- FSA News -- Legumes: More Valuable Now Than Ever -- Flies and the Pounds of Flesh
June 2008
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Calving Distribution -- Goat Farmer Training -- Switchgrass for Bioenergy and Livestock Feed -- I-9 Audits in 2008
May 2008
Market Report -- BVD Update -- Bull Sale Results -- TB Update -- Annual Forages for Emergency or Supplemental Crops -- Fertilizer Price Angst
April 2008
BVD Eradication Update - Show Pig and Club Lamb Sale -- Summer Field Day at Chatham -- FFA Alumni Consignment Auction -- Raising Dairy Replacements Right -- "Can you afford a 19-19-19 fertilizer program?"
March 2008
BVD - Sign Up for Volunteer Herds -- Backyard Beekeeping Workshops -- PCDART Producer Workshops -- History of U.P. Weather -- 2008 Bull Breeding Soundness Exam Clinics
February 2008
Building Soils with Cover Crops -- Graze More in 2008 -- Dairy Info on the Web -- Flashback -- Flashback --Feeding Newborn Calves to Thrive in Cold Weather -- Do You Have Enough Hay Left?
January 2008
BVD Eradication Update -- 2008 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference -- Managing Alfalfa: Getting Higher Quality Yields & Profits -- Agriculture For Tomorrow -- Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program -Environmental Assurance Program Verifies Eastern U.P. Farms -- Feeding the Herd When Feed Costs Go Sky High
December 2007
Feeding the Herd When Feed Costs Go Sky High -- 2008 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference -- Winter Forage Meetings -- Last Minute Tax Planning -- Introducing Warm-Season Grasses as an Emergency Crop in the U.P. -- FSA Programs -- Eradicating BVD from UP Cattle Herds
November 2007
2007 Lamb Pool Results -- U.P. Potato Banquet -- Retirement Planning Program -- Sheep Production Seminar -- Question of the Month -- New Organic Farming Newsletter -- Eradicating BVD from UP Cattle Herds
October 2007
Michigan Cattle Sale List -- New Ag Phone Guide -- Hay Quality Sampling Project -- U.P.H.B.A. 14th Annual Registered Hereford Heifer Giveaway -- Managing the Margin Wisely -- No-Till: Does It Pay? -- Fall Harvest and SMV's
September 2007
Breakfast on the Farm -- FSA News -- Fall Cattle Sales -- Bay de Noc Producer's Feeder Sale -- Excercise Caution and Determine Accurate Plant Moisture Levels Before Beginning Silage Harvest -- Hay For Sale Listings --Nitrate Toxicity in Drought-Stressed Forage Crops
August 2007
Organic Producer Directory -- Water Withdrawl Registration -- Drought 2007 -- "From Farm to Fuel" -- Gardening Info on the Web -- Seeking Interested Farmers Livestock Protection Dog Project -- Controlling Weeds in a No-till System -- Bird Flu: What We Can Do!
July 2007
Beef Cutout Calculator -- Twilight Walk For Switchgrass as a Potential Bio-Energy Crop -- MGSP Drinking Well Water Testing Program -- FSA News -- Fundraiser for Northwoods Airlifeline -- Performance and Welfare of Dairy Cows in an Alternative Housing System -- No Till Special Report Part 2 -- Social Security Basics for Farmers
June 2007
FSA News -- Oak Wilt Reminder -- Pasture Walk at the UP Experiment Station -- Organic Agriculture in Michigan -- 2007 Forage and Field Crop Research and On-Farm Demonstrations in the UP -- CAFQ Update from Natalie Rector -- Distillers Grains are Not For Horses -- National Compost Dairy Barn Conference
May 2007
GUPAA Honors Two Agricultural Leaders -- Ontonagon County 4-H Small Animal Swap -- Social Security Basics for Farmers Part 2 -- Do We Really Need Another Sale? -- Expanding Agricultural Opportunities -- Re-Evaluating the Value of Manure
March 2007
Small Wind Seminars -- 2007 Michigan Agri-Energy Conference -- Michigan Organic Conference -- Workshops to Address Manure and the Environment on Farms -- MMPA Milker Schooll -- Farm Emergency Preparedness Series -- 1st U.P. MAEAP Verification
February 2007
Is Meat Processing or a Feedlot in Northern Michigan's Future? -- Wolf Meeting Wrap Up Correction -- Winter Potato Meeting -- Dairy Profit Meetings -- MCA Annual Conference -- Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference -- Animal Identification Update
January 2007
Wolf Meeting Wrap Up -- Agriculture for Tomorrow Conference -- Vet Skills for Beef and Dairy Cattlemen -- Hay For Sale Listings -- Four Quart Toast to Calves -- Ethanol & Corn Prices -- How to Buy High Quality Forage Seed
December 2006
Year End Farm Tax Planning -- MDA TB Update -- Hay For Sale Listings -- RFID of Youth Cattle Projects -- Dairy Goat & Sheep Milk Plan Growth -- Shoot On Sight! -- Am I Busy Or Is It Stress?
October 2006
Michigan Surplus Sale -- MCA Graded Feeder Calf Sale -- Northern Michigan Livestock Fall Feeder Cattle Sales -- UPES Beef Research Day -- National DHIA Scholarship -- Horse First Frost Reminders -- Chippewa County Fair Hog Health -- Profitable Crop Nutrient Programs Start With Soil Test and Manure Test -- MAEAP Field Day
September 2006
Master Woodland Steward Program -- Sheep Production Field Day -- Sign Up For MCA Graded Feeder Calf Sale -- Fall Pasture Walks -- Wolf Roundtable --Meat Goat Economics -- Feeding Dairy Cows -- Performance of Annual Forage Crops in the Upper Peninsula Region
August 2006
Moving Livestock REMEMBER -- Invite To Meet The President of
MSU --Free Drinking Water Testing -- Building Soils and Markets For
Organic and Biological Systems -- Wildlife Food Plot Expo -- Low Stress
Cattle Handling Workshop -- Dean Foods To Purchase Jilbert Dairy --
Wolf Roundtable Meeting
July 2006
Farm Service Agency News -- Low Stress Cattle Handling Workshop
-- 4-H Dairy Days and MI Dairy Expo -- 2006 Ag Expo at MSU -- When it
Comes to Hay, Rain is Really a Pain -- Maine Purchasing Policy Addresses
Antibiotics in Livestock -- Progress Towards the Commercialization of
Ethanol from Biomass -- European Skipper Control in Timothy Field
May 2006
Michigan Groundwater News -- Spring On The Farm -- Protect Your Small
Poultry Flock From Bird Flu -- Avian Influenza or Bird Flu -- Cow Comfort
in Compost Dairy Barns -- Evaluation of Livestock Protection Dogs for
Deterring Deer and Cattle Interaction -- GUPPA Honors Two Agricultural
Leaders -- What Is Pre-sidedress Soil Nitrate Test (PSNT) for Corn?
April 2006
CRP Sign-Up 33 -- Milk Income Loss Contract Program Extended -- Apple
Tree Workshop -- Introduction to Alternative Fuels -- Michigan Meats
Opens New USDA Approved Slaughter Facility -- Managing to Prevent Calf
Scours -- The Ten Commandments of BVD Control -- Dairy Industry Awards
March 2006
Commercial Sheep Producer of the Year -- Upper Peninsula Hereford Breeders
Association -- MSU Soil Fertility Workshops -- In Memorial -- Dairy
and Beef Meetings -- Farming for the Next Generation: Business Succession
and Estate Transfer -- Beekeeping Workshops -- Wastage from Feeding
on the Ground -- Feeding Tips For First-Calf Females
February 2006
MDA News & Views -- Age Verification and EID -- Dairy Industry Banquet
-- MSUE Potato Meeting -- Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference -- Cattle
Health Update -- Wisconsin Grazing Conference -- Value Added Producer
Grant Program -- Insurance Deadlines
January 2006
Field Crop & Pest Management Meeting -- Managing Diseases
vs. Band Aids -- Farm Finance & Ag Lending Workshop -- Young Farmer
Achievement Award -- MDA News & Views -- 2005 Upper Peninsula Corn
Grain Results -- MAES and MSUE Survey -- TB Meeting Report -- Eastern
UP Farmer's Market - Not Small Change -- Northern Michigan Small Farm
Conference
December 2005
Sheep Smarts Proven -- Michigan Tree Trivia -- Northern Michigan Small
Farm Conference -- Pesticide Applicator Training & Tests -- TB Zoning
Order Changes Public Comment -- Statewide Dairy Meeting "Managing
Diseases vs. Using Band-aids" -- Cattle Outlook -- Why Is It Important
to Include Forage Legumes in Hay and Pasture? -- U.P. Corn Silage Results
-- Beef Calf Prices (A USA Wide Perspective)
October 2005
Scrapie ID Program -- Wild Blueberry Management Workshop -- Sheep Tour
Recap -- U.P.H.B.A. 11th Annual Registered Hereford Heifer Giveaway
-- U.P. State Fair Ultrasound Steer Carcass Program -- How Can We Reduce
The Risk of Alfalfa Winterkill -- What I Did On My Summer Trip -- Growing
UP Agriculture Association UP Agriculture Survey Report
September 2005
As I See It -- U.P. State Fair Livestock Results -- The Magic Is Back
-- U.P. Sheep Tour -- Pasture Walk in Trenary -- Northern Michigan Grazing
School -- FSA News -- Raccoons vs. Sweet Corn -- DHIA Scholarships
August 2005
U.P. Fair News -- U.P. Twighlight Corn Field Day -- 2005 Northern Michigan
Grazing School -- Master Gardner Classes -- Free Water Testing -- MCA
Summer Roundup 2005 Tour Recap -- Creep Feeding Beef Calves
July 2005
MDA News & Views -- Electronic Tag UPDATE -- Manure Management Headlines
Ag Expo Demonstrations -- Pioneer Farm Safety Tips -- 2005 National
4-H Dairy Conference -- Best Management Practices for Fly Control --
On Farm Pasturized Waste Milk Supply
June 2005
Predator and Guard Dog Survey -- Free Water Testing at the
UP State Fair -- Escanana to Host Michigan Cattlemen's Summer Roundup
-- 80 Friends and 80 Hours -- Make Manure Smell Like Money -- Development
of Claw Traits and Claw Lesions in Dairy Cows Kept On Different Floor
Systems -- Buttercup Control on the Pastu
May 2005
GUPAA Meets With MSU -- TB Update -- Woodland Mushroom Cultivation --
How Much N Is Needed For Corn Production? -- 2005 Forage and Filed Crop
Trials in the U.P. -- 2005 Stephenson FFA Alumni Auction Best Yet --
20 Calving Guidelines from the Vet
April 2005
Growing Fraiser Fir in Michigan -- Apple Tree Pruning & Care Workshop
-- 2005 Gardening Conference -- Ear Tags The Key to the Future, Don't
Throw Away the Key -- Interested in your own CNMP? -- Tips for Spring
Forage Management -- Frost Seeding Opportunity
March 2005
What Does Agriculture in the U.P. Really Need? -- FFA Alumni Auction
Reminder -- Beekeeping Workshops -- Food and Agriculture Entrepreneur
Workshops -- Electronic Cattle ID Tags (The Basics) -- Emerald Ash Borer
-- Wind Energy in Michigan
February 2005
2005 Bull Breeding Soundness Program -- Dairy Forages 2005 -- 2005
Michigan Grazing Conference -- Aquaculture Conference -- Japanese Get
Cold
Feet Over US Beef -- TB News -- Tail Painting An Economical and Effective
Heat Detection System
January 2005
Sale Results -- Beekeeping Notice -- Electronic Ear Tags, TB, the UP,
and More -- Spanish Classes -- 2004 U.P. State Fair Ultrasound Carcass
Show Terminology and Results -- FFA Alumni Consignment Auction -- USDA's
Web Based Applications Include eDCP
December 2004
Sale Results -- Beekeeping Notice -- Electronic Ear Tags, TB,
the UP, and More -- Spanish Classes -- 2004 U.P. State Fair Ultrasound
Carcass Show Terminology and Results -- FFA Alumni Consignment Auction
-- USDA's Web Based Applications Include eDCP
November 2004
Farm Tax Workshop-- Farm Payroll Accounting Program Demonstration
-- U.P. Potato Banquet -- Michigan Monitor Program -- Great Lakes Dairy
Sheep Symposium -- Central U.P. Small Sawmill Marketing Project
October 2004
WUPLC Accepting Consignments-- Eastern UP Lamb Pool-- Electronic
ID Tags for UP Cattle -- Rules for Crossing the Mackinac Bridge with
Cattle-- CWT Plans Second Herd Retirement Program-- Corn Silage Harvest-Reminders--
Fall Fertility Management for Hay and Pasture -- Upper Peninsula 2004
Winter Wheat Variety Trial
September 2004
CRP General Sign-Up 29 Starts-- Crabby Cattle Make Bad Beef
-- Consign Your Feeders Calves Now! -- Should You Cover Your Bunker
Silo? -- TB Update-- Managing Maternity Pens-- Handling Sorghum-Sudangrass
After A Frost
August 2004
Dean Is Coming To Chatham -- Cattlemen Learn How To Manage
Risk -- Reporting Requirements For 2004 Agricultural Water Use -- USDA
Animal Listening Sessions -- Free Water Testing -- Biology And Control
Of Leafy Spurge -- Legume-Grass Mixtures For Pasture And Hay Production
In The Upper Peninsula Of Michigan
July 2004
FSBI Training and Certification -- Upper Peninsula Barn Lovers Convene
in July -- T.B. Update -- Ag Expo Coming to MSU -- IPM Fly Program --
Farm Service Agency News
June 2004
MCA Graded Feeder Calf Sale -- UP Key to Profit Sale A Success -- 2004
Summer Round-Up -- Advanced Pond Management Workshops -- Milk Marketing
Tour -- Marquette County 4-H Camp -- 4-H Market Livestock & Preview
Show -- PTO Safety Pays -- Forages and Field Crop Trials in U.P. Region
in 2004
May 2004
Sheep Shearing School -- Small Poultry Flock Management Meeting -- MDA
Agriculture Commission Report -- Money, MAEAP, Manure and the MDA --
When Should Obstetrical Assistance Be Given? -- Paying More for a Bull
is not Expensive -- Tips for Spring -- TB Update -- Protection from
Property Tax
Pop-up -- Are you ready to make Hay/Haylage? -- GUPAA Update
April 2004
LIMITED Cost Share Dollars Available & FREE Water Testing for Agricultural
Land - Colostrum Quality and Absorption in Baby Calves - U.P Small Farm
Conference Gets Results - Farm Service Agency News - Tractor Safety
- Small Sawmill Cooperative Marketing Study Nears Completion - SCC Is
A Key Factor For Extending Shelf Life of Fluid Milk - Dairy Bulls –Plan
for Safety - Bob Meintz Honored by GUPAA - Spilt State Status for Michigan
TB Regulations
February 2004
2004 Great Lakes Dairy Conference-- New Groundwater Technician -- 2nd
Annual U.P. Small Farm Conference -- Farm Forum -- 2003 Farm Bureau
Young Farmer Awards -- 2003 Small Grain Variety Trial -- TB Update --
Beef Meetings -- Michigan Grazing Conference -- Forestry/Right of Way
Pesticide Applicator Training Program
January 2004
Thanks For Your Support -- Policy Makers Respond Favorably
to MSUE and MAES -- MCA Graded Sale -- Farm Forum: Chatham -- Lunch
Time Farmer Meetings -- Spanish on the Farm -- Timber Tax Workshops
-- Pond Management Workshops -- Forage Brassica Grazing Trial Using
Lambs -- And more!
December 2003
Forage Sources -- Weather Stations Online -- Michigan Hay Sellers List
-- MSU Extension on the Governor’s List of Potential Cuts / Elimination
-- Winter Meeting Schedule-- Silage Quality of Corn and Forage Soybean
Using Manure and Compost -- Soil Health Affects Farm Business Health
-- Fertility Testing for Bulls -- TB Update -- Farm Service Agency News
November 2003
Chippewa Lamb Pool 2003 -- UP MSU Extension Changes -- Iho Pasture Walk
-- Lowcost Dairy Production -- Wolf News -- Agricultural Biomass Fuel
Conference
October 2003
Western U.P. Livestock Cooperative Update -- 2003 MCA Graded Feeder
Cattle Sale -- Grass-based Dairies Hold Promise for Southern Iowa Producers
-- 2003 U.P. State Fair Special Awards -- Silage Leachate -- Calculating
the Proper Weight
~Tight Packing Can Improve Silage Quality
September 2003
Michigan FFA Foundation Fund-Raiser -- Farm Service Agency Grassland
Reserve Program -- 10th Annual Registered Hereford Heifer Giveaway --
Carbon Sequestration, What Is It in Agriculture? -- Milk Loss Income
Payment Forecast -- Backyard Beekeeping Workshop
August 2003
UPES Open House and Field Day -- Automated Weather Stations Online --
Do you have an interesting barn on your farm? -- Battling Heat Stress-Keeping
Cows Cool -- Increased Calf Value-- Dairy Industry Gathers in Sweden
July 2003
Summer Pasture Walks and Dairy Discussion Meetings -- 2003 Crop and
Acreage Certification Deadline -- Beef Feedlot Field Day August 2, 2003
-- MSU Ag Expo Manure Management Strategies -- CWT/ Milk Price Program
-- Shortening Hay Drying Time -- Transition to Grazing Suggestions for
the Beginner Grazier
June 2003
State 4-H and FFA Livestock Judging Contest -- How is Agriculture
Changing in Michigan -- Forages and Field Crop Trials In U.P. Region
-- Local Food Chain -- Effects of Alfalfa and BMR Corn Silage and Level
of Forage Neutral Detergent Fiber on Dry Matter Intake and Milk Production
by Lactating Cows in Michigan -- 2003 MMPA/4-H Milk Marketing Tour --
MCA Summer Round-Up -- Cattle Marketing in the UP
May 2003
GUPAA Service to Agriculture Award -- Forage Soybeans As An Alternative
Forage Crop in the U.P. Region -- Bus Tour to Wisconsin Farm Technology
Days -- Michigan Hay and Grazing Council -- Ten Easy Ways to Kill a
Tree Seedling -- Manure Application Timings on Potato Yield and Soil
Nitrate Nitrogen and Phosphorus
April 2003
Forage Legume-Grass Mixture Trials in the U.P. Region -- UP Fair Changes
-- Timber Values -- Great Lakes Lamb
UP Ag Connection Newsletter Archive (Feb 2002 - Feb 2003)