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  Register now for 2020 Northwest Michigan Orchard and Vineyard Show

  Published on December 6, 2019

  Pre-registration is open and agendas are set for the 2020 Northwest Michigan Orchard and Vineyard Show, held Jan. 14-15 in Acme, Michigan.

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  Trouble controlling weeds? Submit seeds for herbicide resistance screening.

  Published on October 23, 2019

  Submit seeds to MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics to determine if herbicide resistance is impacting your farm.

• Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Oct. 23, 2019

  Published on October 23, 2019

  The 2019 apple harvest is winding down in the Grand Rapids area.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 23, 2019

  Published on October 23, 2019

  Growers are quickly moving toward the end of apple harvest, finishing up this week on Red Delicious, Idared, Northern Spy, Crispin, EverCrisp, Fuji and Cameo.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 23, 2019

  Published on October 23, 2019

  The final push is underway. Harvest will conclude on many area operations within the next several days.

• East Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019

  Growers are harvesting a few Red Delicious strains, but there are several other varieties that have jumped ahead of Red Delicious in terms of maturity.

• Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019

  Red Delicious and Ida Red harvests in the area are nearly done. Evercrisp, Rome, Fuji, Winesap and Braeburn will finish up the season.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019

  Apple harvest continues to move along, and all varieties are fair game for picking. The region reported isolated first frost events this week.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Oct. 16, 2019

  Published on October 17, 2019

  First harvest of early blocks of Honeycrisp and Gala will begin soon.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 9, 2019

  Published on October 9, 2019

  Final picks of Honeycrisp will be completed by the end of the week at most farms. Rome and Golden Delicious harvest is underway.