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Fill your plate with locally grown fruits and vegetables this summer

Published on June 13, 2025
Visit local farmers markets to enjoy delicious, Michigan grown produce!
Tips for growing and maintaining cut flowers in your garden

Published on June 13, 2025
Learn how to grow healthy cut flowers and keep them blooming with key maintenance techniques like pinching, deadheading and support.
A Summer of Discovery: Welcoming REU Students to the PSM Labs at MSU

Published on June 13, 2025
Summer on campus means more than field days and quiet streets—it also means a fresh crop of students bringing new energy to our labs, thanks to an amazing group of undergraduate researchers joining us for the season.
Taking the Stage at the Michigan Good Food Fund Pitch Competition

Published on June 13, 2025
Each year, the Michigan Good Food Fund Competition invites Michigan packaged food business owners to pitch their business in front of a panel of judges for the opportunity to receive cash awards up to to $5000.
Michigan hop pest report - June 12, 2025

Published on June 12, 2025
Mite numbers are building, and adult corn borer flight has begun in most of the Lower Peninsula.
Graduate spotlight on Michael Ozolins

Published on June 12, 2025
Completed his MS and aiming for a PhD!
Wheat Watchers Week of June 9, 2025

Published on June 12, 2025
See how the wheat crop is progressing across the state this week.
Southwest Michigan field crops update – June 12, 2025

Published on June 12, 2025
Potato leafhopper is present—watch for it in potatoes and alfalfa. Wheat is done flowering and starting kernel fill.
Youth in the spotlight: The power of competition and the challenge of rumors

Published on June 12, 2025
Going beyond the ribbon to build resilience and respect in competitive youth programs.
Maximize your summer harvest with companion planting

Published on June 12, 2025
Companion planting, also known as intercropping, is “cropping” up on social media as if it is the latest garden discovery. But companion planting can be traced back thousands of years to ancient civilizations.