MCGA Seeks Talented, Young Artists
Get your creative fuels flowing because the Michigan Corn Growers Association needs an engine-revving design for its annual Ethanol Night at the Races T-shirt Design Contest! MCGA membership is not required for participation and all interested artists who are Michigan residents and 21 years of age or younger are encouraged to enter. The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. on Friday, June 8, 2012. For complete contest rules and an entry form, click here.

45 Counties in Michigan Named Primary Natural Disaster Areas
The USDA has designated 45 Michigan counties as natural disaster areas for conditions which occurred in February and May of 2011. Qualified farm operators in these counties are eligible for low interest emergency loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency, if they meet certain eligibility requirements. Farmers have eight months from the date of the declaration, January 27, to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. For more information and to a list of counties, click here.

New Focus on Corn Webcast
The Plant Management Network has launched a new presentation in its Focus on Corn webcast resource. This latest webcast is titled “Nitrogen Management for First-year Corn After Alfalfa” by Dr. Jeff Coulter, Extension Agronomist at the University of Minnesota. The presentation is available for anyone to view until June 30. After that, you must be a member to view it. To see the webcast, click here.