2016
2016 MSU Extension on-farm research, education and communication projects
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Michigan Soybean Committee
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
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Parent Project:
MSUE on-farm research, education and communication projects
Lead Principal Investigator:
Mike Staton, Michigan State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1618
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Michigan Soybean Committee
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Michigan State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Michigan State University Extension field crop educators want to continue the effective, efficient and productive partnership that has developed between MSU Extension and the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee. The synergistic effects of the two organizations working together will benefit Michigan soybean producers through higher yields and lower productions costs. The objectives of this proposal are: 1) to fund the sixth annual soybean harvest equipment field day, 2) to fund on-farm research projects evaluating products and management practices having potential to increase soybean yields and/or profitability in Michigan, 3) to fund three focus group meetings to gather information about...

Unique Keywords:
#communication
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Treatments will be evaluated using Agrobase SQL software. A survey was conducted of participants of the TARE December review meetings in 2014. The results were very encouraging. I would be happy to share those results with any interested party, as I cannot do justice to the results in the space provided here. A similar survey will be conducted December 2015.

Plans for Distributing Research:
We will publish 1,800 copies of booklets including results from soy, corn, wheat, and alfalfa. These booklets are available at county MSUE offices. We will publish results on the World Wide Web through MSUE county sites. We will hold five local county-based programs to share our results directly with farmers.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.