News
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Northeast Michigan Chestnut Field Day set for Sept. 15, 2018
Published on August 17, 2018
Join Nick and Abby Johnson on their farm in Rogers City to learn about the feasibility of chestnut production in northeastern Lower Michigan.
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2018 Soybean Harvest Equipment Field Day will take place Sept. 13
Published on August 16, 2018
Learn new information about increasing farm income by reducing soybean harvest losses and reducing the spread of herbicide resistant weed seed.
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2018 field days scheduled for the Upper Peninsula
Published on August 16, 2018
Corn, soybean and potato field days will keep local farms up-to-date on best management practices.
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Southeast Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 15, 2018
Published on August 15, 2018
Late blight has been reported in Monroe County. Corn earworm populations are high.
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Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 15, 2018
Published on August 15, 2018
Time to increase protection against corn earworm/tomato fruitworm.
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Organic grain crop enterprise budgets are available
Published on August 15, 2018
Tools for growers looking to establish or expand an organic grain farm.
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East Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 15, 2018
Published on August 15, 2018
An update on corn earworm, potato/tomato late blight, onion leaf blights and cucumber phytophthora fruit rots.
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Flint, Michigan, area urban agriculture update – Aug. 15, 2018
Published on August 15, 2018
Growers are thankful for the revitalizing rain received last week.
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Potato late blight confirmed in Michigan’s Monroe County
Published on August 15, 2018
Late blight has been confirmed on commercial potatoes in Monroe County. There are predicted high risk levels throughout southern growing regions.
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West central Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 15, 2018
Published on August 15, 2018
A recent trial revealed clear differences in product efficacy for controlling Stemphylium in onions. Sweet corn growers should be on the lookout for earworm.
