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  Early season disease management: It’s time to start scouting for wheat diseases

  Published on April 29, 2020
  Scouting your fields early in the season will put you ahead of the game in the fight against wheat diseases.

• Southeast Michigan vegetable update – April 29, 2020

  Published on April 29, 2020
  A cold April closes with steady rain.

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  Specialty Crop Irrigation: A video alternative to educational meetings

  Published on April 29, 2020
  With the growing interest in vegetable production, whether a truck farm, an integrated local goods production program or a new alternative crop like hemp, irrigation is a major factor in success.

• East Michigan vegetable update – April 29, 2020

  Published on April 29, 2020
  It has been a nice spring to plant vegetables, all other stressful things considered.

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  MSU researchers receive $500k grant to study use of pine plantations to promote oak forests

  Published on April 29, 2020
  A grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will allow Michigan State University (MSU) researchers to understand why oak species regenerate well under red pine plantations.

• West central Michigan vegetable update – April 29, 2020

  Published on April 29, 2020
  The vegetable growing season is starting as spring progresses.

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  Morel Mushrooms: From the Forest to the Farm

  Published on April 28, 2020
  MSU professors Gregory Bonito, Trey Malone, and Scott Swinton are leading a new USDA funded research project on “Cultivating a Morel Mushroom Industry in the North Central United States.”

• Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – April 28, 2020

  Published on April 28, 2020
  Rain every day raises the risk for apple scab infections this week.

• East Michigan fruit update – April 28, 2020

  Published on April 28, 2020
  Fruit growth stages have been at a standstill due to cold temperatures. Another round of recent freezing temperatures resulted in more flower bud damage in sweet and tart cherries and a few other fruit crops.

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  Join us for the Virtual Dairy Nutrition and Management Series

  Published on April 28, 2020
  The Department of Animal Science is hosting the Virtual Dairy Nutrition and Management Series on May 4, 2020! Join for a day of speakers hosting a variety of live-streamed sessions. Feel free to join at any time.