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Calculation for specialty crop Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payment
Published on June 19, 2020
Learn how to calculate CFAP payments for specialty crops grown at your farm. -
Central Michigan field crop update – June 11, 2020
Published on June 11, 2020
Disaster relief resources are available. -
Southwest Michigan field crop update – June 4, 2020
Published on June 4, 2020
Warm and dry conditions this past week made way for good progress with field work. Weather will continue to be conducive through early next week. -
Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 3, 2020
Published on June 3, 2020
Cooperative weather has allowed growers to stay on schedule. -
East Michigan vegetable update – June 3, 2020
Published on June 3, 2020
Should be a busy week of planting with good moisture and growing conditions. -
Irrigation management to reduce cost and foliar disease
Published on June 1, 2020
Understanding the disease triangle, water management and leaf wetness influence on foliar disease, when to apply a fungicide, and a review of what we’ve learned so far on how to best manage tar spot. -
Central Michigan field crop update – May 28, 2020
Published on May 28, 2020
Time to walk some fields. -
Southwest Michigan field crop update – May 28, 2020
Published on May 28, 2020
Warm air from the south pushes tropical rainfall and armyworm moths into Michigan. -
Michigan State University researchers awarded NIFA grant to examine potential food safety benefits of genetically modified corn
Published on May 27, 2020
Felicia Wu and David Hennessy, faculty in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, have received USDA funding to study whether Bt corn has the ability to reduce aflatoxin, a toxin produced by corn mold. -
Central Michigan field crop update – May 21, 2020
Published on May 21, 2020
Cold, frost, rain…what’s next?