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• Information in the June 2013 issue of the MSU Extension oil and gas newsletter

  June 13, 2013 | Curtis Talley Jr. | A new issue of the Michigan State University Extension oil and gas newsletter is now available.

• HOT TOPICPrevented planting option for corn and soybean crop insurance

  June 5, 2013 | Dennis Stein | Prevented planting option is June 5 for corn and June 15 for soybeans for farms that have crop insurance policy on their crop production.

• Safety awareness for your agricultural employees: Part 3

  June 3, 2013 | Stan Moore | Workplace safety is a concern for all employers, especially in more hazardous industries such as agriculture. Employers are now looking beyond the workplace to ensure that their workforce stays safe 24/7.

• Safety awareness for your agricultural employees: Part 2

  June 3, 2013 | Stan Moore | Workplace safety is a concern for all employers, especially in more hazardous industries such as agriculture. Employers are now looking beyond the workplace to ensure that their workforce stays safe 24/7.

• HOT TOPICPorcine Epidemic Diarrhea – Don’t bring it home

  May 24, 2013 | Beth Ferry | Swine herds have no immunity to new virus – Strict biosecurity is best method for prevention and control of PED.

• Oil and gas mineral rights in Oceana County to be leased by Terracore Energy

  May 24, 2013 | Curtis Talley Jr. | All of the State of Michigan land in Oceana County offered at the May State of Michigan oil and gas leasing auction will be leased.

• Congressional battle over dairy policy is not over

  May 23, 2013 | Craig Thomas | Both Senate and House Ag Committees passed preliminary versions of the new farm bill.

• Farm Service Agency creates microloan progam for beginning, niche and small family farms

  May 22, 2013 | Curtis Talley Jr. | Microloans provide access for up to $35,000 in financing for start-up and small family farms.

• May State of Michigan oil and gas lease auction for 37,000 acres of mineral rights

  May 22, 2013 | Curtis Talley Jr. | At the May 2013 state oil and gas lease auction, Huron, Oceana and Newaygo counties all had an excess of 2,000 acres of State of Michigan oil and gas lease rights available.

• 2013 rental arrangement needs to be in place

  May 20, 2013 | Dennis Stein | Landowners are now past the reasonable time to develop or change their farm land rental agreements for 2013 field crops.

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