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Recorded video of “Using the 2025 Michigan Apple Cost of Production Study”
Published on August 8, 2025
This is a video recording of the August 8, 2025 webinar “Using the 2025 Michigan Apple Cost of Production Study”. The main results of the study are covered, and production and establishment costs are reviewed. During the video, we look at per bushel and per bin costs, break-evens for both semidwarf and high density plantings, and how to adjust the results to a farm's specific numbers.
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Presenter Panel Discussion of the Week's Pest Topics
Published on March 25, 2022
Attendees submitted questions to the expert panel of presenters from the week's fruit sessions. The panel spent the Friday hour answering attendee submitted questions based on the week's topics.
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Key Wildlife Pests of Fruit and How to Promote and Protect Pollinators in Fruit Systems
Published on March 24, 2022
Learn more about key wildlife pests to be on the lookout for as well as how you can promote and protect pollinators on your operation.
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MSU Agrability Program
Published on February 25, 2025
Learn more about the Michigan AgrAbility Project. This statewide program helps farmers with a disability or injury continue farming.
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Influences of overwintering conditions and seasonal relative humidity on SWD populations
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Rufus Isaacs of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about how environmental factors influence spotted wing drosophila (SWD) populations.
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Insurance Talk With Phil and Corey - 2025 Updates to Apple and Cherry Insurance
Published on October 11, 2024
Learn about the latest updates to apple and cherry crop insurance programs for the 2025 season.
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Bee Integrated: Blooms are a Boost for Bees
Published on March 2, 2022
Michigan State University Apiculture Extension Educator Ana Heck explains how good forage helps honey bees deal with other stressors.
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Key Insect Pests and Diseases of Tree Fruits
Published on March 22, 2022
Diseases, and pests can show up quickly to ruin fruit crops. This session will help you learn the basics, including management strategies, for important tree fruit diseases and pests common in our region.
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Bee Integrated: Maximizing Pollination in Michigan
Published on March 2, 2022
Beekeeper Jim Hilton of Hilton Honey Farm and farmer Mike Van Agtmael describe how they have been keeping honey bee hives in bigger groups to encourage better pollination.
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Susceptibility of cherry cultivars to spotted wing drosophila
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Larry Gut of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about the susceptibility of different cherry varieties to spotted wing drosophila.
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Digging in: How to pick and prepare a site for a fruit planting
Published on February 28, 2022
Join Emily Lavely to learn more about how to pick the best location and prepare it for planting fruit.
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Insecticide rainfastness for products used to control spotted wing drosophila
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. John Wise of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about characteristics of insecticides used to manage spotted wing drosophila.
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Julianna Wilson
Julianna Wilson is conducting research at MSU’s Clarksville Research Center, through a project funded by Project GREEEN and the Michigan Apple Committee, to look at factors involved with apple replant disease in Michigan.
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The Why and How for Training, Pruning, and Crop Management in Small Fruit and Tree Fruit
Published on February 2, 2022
Learn more about the reasons for training and pruning, as well as examples on how to train, prune and manage the crop in small fruit and tree fruit
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Christopher Gottschalk
Christopher Gottschalk with MSU's Plant Breeding, Genetics and Technology, is researching a red-flesh and cultivar breeding project in apples.
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Understanding and Minimizing Cold Damage in Fruit Crops
Published on February 18, 2021
MI Ag Ideas to Grow With 2021 - Fruit Session: Review of winter and spring cold events, how cold damages plants, and measures growers can use to reduce the impact cold on their crops.
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Tree Fruit and Small Fruit Varieties in Michigan
Published on February 3, 2022
Bill Shane and Cheyenne Sloan will discuss the varieties of tree fruit and small fruit best suited for growing in Michigan.
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Spotted wing drosophila insecticide efficacy and management programs
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Larry Gut of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about insecticide efficacy and management programs for spotted wing drosophila in cherries.
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Bee Integrated: Bees and Pesticides
Published on March 2, 2022
In this Bee Integrated video, farmer Mike Van Agtmael describes how integrated pest management and good communication with his beekeeper, Jim Hilton, keeps bees healthy and pollination productive. Beekeeper Jamie Ostrowski describes a "perfect storm" that harmed some of her bees—and how she and Matt Jansen of Green Thumb Blueberries collaborate to protect her hives.
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