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Garden center retail survival strategy series: Marketing and merchandizing

Published on April 20, 2020
Garden retailers should boost their online marketing presence to get customers excited for the spring season and then focus on selling customers solutions and packages of products.
Resources for greenhouse growers, florists and retailers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published on April 20, 2020
There are many resources for both wholesale and garden retails on methods to hold crops and implement social distancing at garden centers.
Garden center retail survival strategy series: Communicating in extraordinary times

Published on April 20, 2020
Own the moment with frequent, honest and persistently positive messages.
Are you a responsible borrower?

Published on April 20, 2020
Reflect on your current borrowing behaviors before you open a line of credit.
MSU construction management alum helping to build COVID-19 alternate care facility

Published on April 20, 2020
Michigan State University alumnus Jack Brierton is helping to build one of three alternate care facilities in the Chicago area for COVID-19 patients.
Surveying Michigan carrot growers on plant-parasitic nematode control habits

Published on April 20, 2020
Current control practices and commonly encountered nematodes in Michigan carrot fields.
2020 Bukovac Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Published on April 20, 2020
Kellie Walters is selected for the Horticulture Department's Outstanding Graduate Student Honor
Potential Revenues for COVID-19

Published on April 20, 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.
Does washing foods make them safer?

Published on April 20, 2020
Follow these recommendations for safely handling certain types of foods.
Perennial grass that can feed your animals and provide flour for bread

Published on April 20, 2020
New videos discuss intermediate wheatgrass, once only considered for pasture, as a potential multi-use cover crop.