When to spray fungicide to protect your wheat crop and maximize yield
With some warmth and rain, the wheat in Michigan is growing fast. Soon the flag leaf and head will be emerging, and it will be time for fungicide applications. This …
Agronomy
Wheat Stand Assessment
DF Seeds offers top wheat products for Michigan A critical part of wheat management is assessing your current stand. As the snow starts to melt, you will start to see …
Providing Michigan Farmers with Optimal Quality Seed
Michigan Matters Most At DF Seeds our mission is to provide Michigan Farmers with optimal quality seed for their unique Michigan climate. Our DF Seeds Agronomy Product Manager, Jan Motz, …
Best of the Best
Each year, DF Seeds best lines are tested against the best in the industry to show we are Michigan Proven. This year DF Seeds has three Best of the Best …
Corn Tar Spot
Tar Spot Corn is beginning to tassel in Michigan, and it is time to begin scouting your corn for Tar Spot. Most places in the state have had tar spot …
Corn Early Season Drought Stress
How Will The Recent Dry Conditions Affect Your Corn Crop? That is a question I’ve been getting lately as rains have been few and far apart. Some fields of corn …
Spring Alfalfa Management – Frost Heaving
Spring planting of corn is in full swing across Michigan, and it will be time for first cutting hay to come off in short order. With the busyness that comes …
DF Seeds is Michigan Proven
DF Seeds has expanded our seed testing program in Michigan. John Diehl started the “Best of the Best” soybean plots. We have invited our competitors to enter the plot and …
Get to Know Summer Agronomy Intern: Alex Scovill
Alex Scovill has a deep history of Michigan agriculture. Growing up in Lainsburg, MI he watched his dad walk fields, showed livestock and was active in the local FFA. Alex …
Fusarium Head Blight
Fusarium Head Blight, also called Head Scab, is a wheat disease that is fought in Michigan ever year. Some years are worse than others. There is not a good way …
