Related Links

• Fruit Sites, Etc.
• apple-crop@orchard.uvm.edu send a message with the word "subscribe" in the subject heading to join a bulletin board questions that arise in tree fruit production and research.
• Articles written by Dr. Greg Lang from MSU Dept of Horticulture
• Articles written by Dr. Ron Perry from MSU Dept of Horticulture
• Cornell Fruit Information Page Information for commercial fruit growers
• The Balaton® Home Page has information about this tart cherry
• Facts for Fancy Fruit from Purdue.
• Good Fruit Grower from Washington state
• Great Lakes Fruit Grower News articles.
• IDFTA, Home page for the International Dwarf Fruit Tree Association.
• MSU Extension's Fruit Area of Expertise Web Site.  Excellent information and links
• MSU Tree Fruit Pathology  - Dr. Alan L. Jones
• PestNet - Weather and IPM Information (Internet Explorer and Netscape 6 only - will not load on Netscape 4.xx)
• Plant & Pest Advisory Newsletters from Rutgers.
• The Pollination Home Page has info on pollination services etc.
• Spray Mixture Compatibility Table from Penn State
• Tree Fruit and Small Fruit Production Guides from Penn State
• University of Vermont Apple Orchard
• Virginia Fruit Page from Virginia Polytechnic Inst.& State University
• Virtual Orchard, It is a site for the dissemination of information on all aspects apple production.
• West Virginia University Experiment Farm in Kearneysville. Diagnostic Keys to Major Insect and Disease Pests of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
• WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center , Washington State University, Wenatchee, Washington.
  
• Labor
• Agricultural Employers Checklist (PDF) by Nancy Harms, Glenn Kole, Dr. Vera Bitsch of MSU (June 2001)
• Agricultural Labor from the Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Program 
• Human Resource Information for Agriculture by Dr. Vera Bitsch, Dept of Ag. Econ., MSU
  
• Weather
• 60 Hour Forecast for Clarksville, MI
• Current Weather Conditions (updated hourly) for the Clarksville Horticultural Experiment Station
• Great Lakes Regional Radar for Clarksville, MI
• MSU's Agricultural Weather Office (MSUAWO) provides growing degree day information (current totals, projections, and historical data with averages), precipitation totals, forecasts, and other weather data available on state and regional basis.
  
• IPM
• Cat Alerts, Fruit pest and crop newsletter.
• IPM information at Michigan State University.
• Kellogg Biological Station Cover Crop Web Site
• MSU Biocontrol Web Site Information and Links
• MSU Pesticide Education Program, Information on pesticide applicator certification and online manuals
• Scaffolds. Fruit IPM news from Cornell, New York.
  
• Bulletins
• Bulletins. Educational materials currently available for ordering from MSU.
• The Fruit Spraying Calendar E-154
• Plum Pox Detection Guide E-2718 (171k PDF file)
   
• Friends
• Agricultural Marketing Resource Center for value added agricultural groups
• Cherry Marketing Institute
• Cherry Industry Adm. Board
• Grand Traverse Conservation District
• Gray and Company a.k.a Cherryman
• Michigan Agriculture Experiment Station
• Michigan Agriculture Statistics Service
• Michigan Apple Committee
• Michigan Dept of Agriculture
• Michigan Peach Sponsors
• Michigan Plum Advisory Board
• Michigan State University
• Michigan State University Extension
• MSU Dept of Horticulture
• MSU and NMC Applied Plant Science Program
• Michigan State Horticultural Society
• MSU West Central Region Extension Offices
• National Agriculture Statistices Service
• National Cherry Festival
• National Cherry Growers and Industries Foundation
• Parallel 45 Vines and Wines
• Project GREEEN

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