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The summertime blues

Published on July 11, 2025
How to recognize signs of Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder.
County government at work, indeed

Published on July 11, 2025
Michigan counties provide vital health, safety, and welfare services. An updated resource helps officials and residents better understand the roles of county departments, agencies, and commissions and how they serve and support residents locally.
FCCP publishes article assessing the compatibility between improved management carbon offset projects and preferential property tax programs

Published on July 11, 2025
FCCP researchers published an article in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry highlighting opportunities and barriers for forest landowners to dual enroll in preferential property tax programs and improved forest management carbon offset projects.
Are you using these safe food handling procedures?

Published on July 11, 2025
Temperature control, proper storage, preventing cross-contamination and safe preparation can cut down on risk of foodborne illness.
Southwest Michigan field crops update – July 10, 2025

Published on July 10, 2025
Tar spot was confirmed in Cass County. With corn starting to tassel, scout for tar spot and western bean cutworm. Wheat reached physiological maturity, and harvest began.
White mold and tar spot: Are your fields at risk?

Published on July 10, 2025
The Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series continues on July 17 with Marty Chilvers discussing tar spot and white mold management considerations.
Wheat Watchers Week of July 9, 2025

Published on July 10, 2025
See how the wheat crop is progressing across the state this week.
Thinking about using foliar fertilizers in soybeans?

Published on July 10, 2025
Many foliar fertilizer products are marketed to soybean producers that claim to increase yield, but which ones actually do?
Michigan vegetable crop report – July 9, 2025

Published on July 10, 2025
Things are growing, being harvested, and disease control time is here in cucurbits.
Soybean sidekicks: Microbes to the rescue (sometimes)

Published on July 10, 2025
Interest level in agricultural biological products is at an all-time high, but have research results shown their profitability?