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Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

Published on September 25, 2019
Honeycrisp harvest is underway, and most growers are spot picking this variety.
West central Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

Published on September 25, 2019
Gala and Honeycrisp need to be top priorities for all fresh market producers in the region this week. Jonagold and Golden Delicious harvest is quickly approaching.
Endocrinology Article Selected for Women’s Health 2019

Published on September 25, 2019
Gestational Diabetes Epigenetically Reprograms the Cart Promoter in Fetal Ovary, Causing Subfertility in Adult Life. Endocrinology, Volume 160, Issue 7, July 2019, Pages 1684–1700.
Build Your Future: Choices…Connections…Careers

Published on September 25, 2019
National 4-H curriculum provides career exploration and workforce preparation lessons.
MSU vineyard IPM scouting report – Sept. 25, 2019

Published on September 25, 2019
With grapes being harvested, efficacy of insect and disease control programs can be evaluated for 2019.
Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

Published on September 25, 2019
Honeycrisp harvest continues in southwest Michigan, with Golden Delicious and a very few Red Delicious being picked. Fruit color is generally very good.
East Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 25, 2019

Published on September 25, 2019
Jonathan and Jonagold are ready for harvest, and a few early strains of Golden Delicious on early sites are ready to be spot picked. Gala harvest has wrapped up at most farms, except those treated with ReTain.
Tractor Supply stores to host 4-H Paper Clover promotion Oct. 9-20

Published on September 25, 2019
4-H Paper Clover promotion begins Oct. 9 at local Tractor Supply stores across the nation.
Horticulture Undergraduate Student Awarded two Industry Scholarships

Published on September 24, 2019
The American Floral Endowment awards Caleb Spall, a senior in Horticulture, the Ball Horticultural Company Scholarship and Edward Tuinier Memorial Scholarship.
Farmers invited to submit corn silage samples for mycotoxin study

Published on September 24, 2019
Mycotoxins in corn have long been a bane as well as a mystery. A new research project aims to reduce this mystery and enable farmers to reduce their risk. This season, farmers can submit samples of corn silage for free mycotoxin analysis.