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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)