College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

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  Michigan Fruit Management Guide 2026

  Published on December 15, 2025
  This publication is a guide in assisting fruit growers in the selection of pest control tools for the coming growing season.

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  Best Practices for Peach Orchards with Reduced Crop Load

  Published on June 9, 2026
  Strategies to balance input costs, canopy growth, and next season’s productivity.

• Botector: A new biofungicide for control of Botrytis bunch rot in grapes

  Published on August 21, 2013
  Botector is a new biofungicide labeled for Botrytis bunch rot control of grapes. It is based on competitive exclusion of Botrytis cinera and can be used in organic production.

• Get your summer buzz on at the second annual Bee Palooza at MSU

  Published on May 21, 2013
  In celebration of National Pollinator Week, join us Sunday, June 23, for Bee Palooza at the MSU Horticulture Gardens to have fun and learn all about pollinators.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – September 2, 2014

  Published on September 2, 2014
  Fall red raspberry, blueberry and Bartlett pear harvest continues. Gala, McIntosh and Honeycrisp apple and purple plum harvest is coming soon.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – July 29, 2014

  Published on July 29, 2014
  Summer apple harvest is underway with blueberry and raspberry harvest continuing across the region. Second generation codling moth and oriental fruit moth are flying.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – June 24, 2014

  Published on June 24, 2014
  Strawberry harvest continues and early ripening sweet cherry varieties are expected to start harvest in the next few days. Growers need to keep an eye on spotted wing Drosophila traps for first catch.

• Southwest Michigan fruit update – Aug. 21, 2018

  Published on August 21, 2018
  Apple harvest is beginning. Peach and plum harvest continues. Blueberry harvest is ending.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – June 23, 2015

  Published on June 23, 2015
  Strawberry growers struggle with wet fields as harvest continues. Early season summer red raspberry and sweet cherry harvest is close.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – April 7, 2015

  Published on April 7, 2015
  Spring is off to a slow start following two brutally cold winters, colder than most fruit growers can remember.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – June 2, 2015

  Published on June 2, 2015
  Much needed rain arrived in the last week for fruit crops, with some growers receiving too little and others too much.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – April 2, 2013

  Published on April 2, 2013
  Slow start to spring welcomed by southeast Michigan fruit growers.

• East Michigan fruit update – Aug. 21, 2018

  Published on August 21, 2018
  Harvest of early fall apple varieties continues. The entire region has had extremely variable rainfall, with drought continuing for a good number of growers.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – Sept. 4, 2018

  Published on September 4, 2018
  Tree fruit harvest continues. Grape harvest will begin soon.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – April 15, 2014

  Published on April 15, 2014
  We finally started to see some signs of spring over the weekend with good growing degree day accumulations.

• Report on brown marmorated stink bug task force meeting in Pennsylvania

  Published on June 28, 2011
  MSU’s tree fruit experts are learning from East Coast experience about the brown marmorated stink bug. None have been found yet in Michigan in 2011.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report– August 6, 2013

  Published on August 6, 2013
  Spotted wing Drosophila is now being caught in traps at most fruit farms. Blueberry, blackberry, peach, Japanese plum and summer apple harvest continues, as does a limited harvest of fall red raspberries.

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  Celebrate the bees at our annual Bee Palooza

  Published on May 9, 2017
  The third week of June 2017 is National Pollinator Week, and Michigan State University’s Department of Entomology will be involved in several events to celebrate our fuzzy friends.

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  Rose chafer management for vineyards

  Published on June 13, 2017
  These damaging beetles are being reported around the state.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – April 30, 2013

  Published on April 30, 2013
  Spring growth is moving along quickly for tree fruit growers in southeast Michigan.