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• Traceability for Food Safety Purposes: What do I really need to know?

  Published on April 17, 2013
  Understanding the requirements for tracking produce from the farm field to its final destination can be incredibly confusing. This article helps to reduce the confusion by defining the details of produce traceability.

• Food safety crisis management: The first 48 hours

  Published on April 17, 2013
  Response by the affected farm or industry in the first few hours of a food safety crisis can make a difference in the damage caused. Effective crisis management depends on a number of well executed principles.

• Brown marmorated stink bugs: Resources for identifying them and their hosts

  Published on April 1, 2013
  An identification guide for brown marmorated stink bugs is now available online, as well as an extensive list of host plants.

• Brown marmorated stink bug in Michigan 2013 update

  Published on March 5, 2013
  An invasive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug has now been found in 12 of 68 Lower Peninsula counties. MSU will continue to trap and monitor in 2013.

• Managing Japanese beetles in chestnuts for 2013

  Published on March 3, 2013
  The 2012 season saw high populations of Japanese beetles in some Michigan orchards and growers will need to prepare to combat this potentially damaging pest in the coming season.

• Registration for the 2013 Integrated Pest Management Academy CLOSES Thursday, Feb. 14!

  Published on February 13, 2013
  Registration for this important event closes at midnight on Thursday, Feb. 14, so register NOW to ensure your spot at the 2013 IPM Academy!

• MAEAP Phase I credits available at 2013 Integrated Pest Management Academy

  Published on February 8, 2013
  Getting verified in the MAEAP shows your peers and neighbors that you’re committed to agricultural stewardship and protecting the environment. Start the process today by attending the IPM Academy for your Phase 1 credit.

• Chestnuts: Growing a food crop and an industry in Michigan

  Published on February 8, 2013
  Michigan’s edible sweet chestnut growers lead the nation in number of acres in production.

• Food Safety Modernization Act proposed produce safety rule open for comment

  Published on February 1, 2013
  Fresh market produce growers now have the opportunity to see and comment on the proposed produce safety rules issued by the FDA.

• Rose chafer management in chestnuts for 2013

  Published on January 17, 2013
  The 2012 season saw high populations of rose chafers in Michigan chestnut orchards and growers will need to prepare to combat this important pest in the coming season.