MSU Extension Chestnuts

News

• Check labels for pre-harvest intervals

  Published on August 28, 2017
  You cannot harvest a crop before a pre-harvest interval (PHI) expires.

• Understanding growing degree-days

  Published on August 25, 2017
  Growing degree-days, or heat units, help growers and researchers track the development of plants and pests.

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  How to get Michigan Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification

  Published on August 24, 2017
  Review this guide for important requirements, helpful manuals and test information needed to qualify for Michigan Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification.

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  Estimating crop load in edible chestnuts

  Published on August 22, 2017
  As burs develop around Michigan, begin estimating crop load and planning for sales this fall.

• Growing degree-day accumulations around Michigan

  Published on August 16, 2017
  Use MSU Enviroweather to determine whether heat units where you are located are behind, ahead or even as compared to normal.

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  Two great chestnut programs offered in Michigan during August 2017

  Published on August 9, 2017
  Join us for a chestnut scouting and crop load workshop Aug. 20 in Montague and a nut crop class Aug. 26 in Traverse City.

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  Japanese beetle adults arrive in chestnuts

  Published on August 2, 2017
  Adult Japanese beetle activity is intense in some Michigan chestnut orchards this season.

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  Michigan brown marmorated stink bug report for Aug. 1, 2017

  Published on August 1, 2017
  Fruit and vegetable growers across the southern Lower Peninsula should be scouting and preparing to actively manage for brown marmorated stink bugs this season.

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  Michigan spotted wing Drosophila report for July 25, 2017

  Published on July 25, 2017
  Trap catches continue to climb in all fruit producing regions. The summer surge is three to four weeks earlier than previous seasons. Ripe and ripening fruit in susceptible crops must be protected.

• New recorded programs available on MSU Extension Beginning Farmer website

  Published on July 14, 2017
  For those interested in new farm enterprises, these recorded presentations by MSU Extension educators and other experts offer a free, online opportunity to learn about the basics.