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The Clarksville Research Center hosts research on small fruits and tree fruits, as well as potatoes, chestnuts and a variety of other crops.

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Established 1974

The Clarksville Research Center (CRC) hosts research on small fruits and tree fruits as well as potatoes, chestnuts and a variety of other crops. Research at the 440-acre site includes variety development, fruit thinning and growth regulators, dwarf rootstocks for fruit trees, integrated pest management, organic production systems and new pruning practices to help make production more profitable, efficient and environmentally friendly.

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  • Save the dates for MSU field days featuring research updates

    Published on May 26, 2016
    Members of the Michigan agriculture industry and others are invited to tour several of the Michigan State University research facilities this summer during the annual field day festivities.

  • At the core of the modern-day apple orchard

    Published on November 11, 2015
    Over the past couple of decades, apple orchards around the country have been undergoing a quiet yet monumental transformation.

  • Equipment to benefit fruit production donated to MSU research center

    Published on March 23, 2015
    A state-of-the-art $35,000 Orchard-Rite wind machine has been installed at the MSU AgBioResearch Clarksville Research Center, thanks to a donation from the manufacturer and its service company.

  • M-AAA awards more than $600K in grants for MSU animal agriculture research

    Published on December 11, 2014
    Seventeen Michigan State University researchers and Extension outreach and education specialists have received more than $600,000 in funding from the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture.

  • MSU AgBioResearch announces new assistant director of natural resources programs

    Published on October 22, 2014
    MSU fisheries and wildlife professor Michael Jones has been named assistant director of natural resources programs for MSU AgBioResearch. This is a new part-time position within the organization.

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