Michigan State University Extension
Agriculture Hall, Room 108
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039
Phone: 517-355-2308
Fax: 517-355-6473
Extension programs cover a wide range of diverse topics. Programming efforts address community-based issues in many areas including agriculture, natural resources, community and economic development, families, and children. Currently available program sites are:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Community and Economic Development
Children Youth and Family
Children, Youth and Family Programs use the educational resources and methods of the following areas to deliver educational programs within communities to enhance the quality of life across the life cycle:
Family and Consumer Sciences
Youth Development / 4-H
Agriculture and Natural Resources
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.
MSUE-DNR Natural Resource Liaison Team
The team mission is to serve as the formal Extension liaison between the DNR and natural resource-related departments at MSU, and to communicate natural resource knowledge and information to county extension offices.
Master Gardener
The Michigan Master Gardener Program is a horticulture education and volunteer leader training program offered by Michigan State University Extension.
Sea Grant
Michigan Sea Grant Extension enhances and facilitates the wise use of the Great Lakes through the education of resource users and managers.
Sea Grant-Coast Watch
Lake Surface Temperature Reporting System
Value-Added Agriculture
Value-Added agriculture is a process of increasing the economic value and consumer appeal of an agricultural commodity.
Wolf Creek Hydrologic Unit Area Project
A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded water quality project that aims to improve the quality of water within the Wolf Creek Watershed in Lenawee County, Michigan through education and demonstration.
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. 2000, 1999, 1998 & 1997 Field Trials.
MSU Variety Trials
(Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Forage)
MSUE Privately Owned Cervidae Management Web
Michigan Manure Brokering Website
Agricultural Compost Marketplace
Community and Economic Development
Community Development and Natural Resources
United growth for Kent County
Promoting positive land use through public education, capacity building and applied leadership development.
Michigan State University Extension
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