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Garden center retail survival strategy series: Overcoming challenges with a holistic approach

Published on April 9, 2020
Utilize a big-picture approach to develop contingency plans for your business.
Michigan has muscle when it comes to agriculture

Published on April 9, 2020
Michigan farmers produce 300 different crops, providing Michigan residents with a safe, secure and abundant food supply.
Successful learning at home

Published on April 9, 2020
How do you help support your children’s learning at home? What should be expected of children while they’re learning? Learn how to support your children’s learning while they’re home.
Local Government Relief Funds

Published on April 9, 2020
In order to assist our community members and partners, the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy has compiled brief overviews of COVID-19 response efforts as well as potential implications and impacts for local governments.
Venezuela: When Economic Policy Can do Little, if Anything, to Deal with a Crisis

Published on April 8, 2020
Luis Zambrano Sequín, Professor of economics at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Caracas, Venezuela (translated from the original in Spanish with the assistance of David L. Ortega, Associate Professor at Michigan State University)
Horticulture senior’s startup wins first place in the Burgess New Venture Challenge

Published on April 8, 2020
Traverse Jurcisin’s startup company, PhenoLogic, took home the top prize
Caution: Zoning moratorium ahead

Published on April 8, 2020
Michigan local governments should proceed carefully when considering temporarily suspending property owners’ rights to develop or build until adequate regulations can be developed and adopted.
Getting “In the Weeds” on hemp production in Michigan

Published on April 8, 2020
Michigan Field Crops “In the Weeds” podcast third series explores hemp production.
Using the sorghum family as both cover crop and forage

Published on April 8, 2020
A new cover crop video explores how dual-purpose use for sorghum cover crops can benefit both soil health and livestock.
MSU water scientist chairing international task force examining wastewater for community infection of novel coronavirus

Published on April 8, 2020
Joan Rose, the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at MSU, is leading the International Water Association Covid-19 Task Force's efforts to enhance water supply safety.