College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – October 19, 2016

  Published on October 19, 2016
  Apple harvest will be wrapping up in seven to 10 days for most east Michigan growers, who will be finishing a number of varieties this week, including Fuji, Northern Spy, Crispin and Idared.

• 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 apple maturity report – October 8, 2014

  Published on October 8, 2014
  Apple varieties are not maturing in the typical order this season.

• 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.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 20, 2017

  Published on September 20, 2017
  Jonathan, Jonagold and Golden Delicious harvest is underway at many orchards, while others are finishing up Gala and the last Honeycrisp picking. Empire and Cortland are maturing slowly.

• 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 apple maturity report – September 17, 2014

  Published on September 17, 2014
  Apple harvest is quickly gearing up to full speed. Growers are harvesting McIntosh, Early Fiji, Jonamac and spot-picking Honeycrisp. Gala are ripening very slowly this season.

• 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.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – October 15, 2014

  Published on October 15, 2014
  Apple harvest has moved along at a rapid pace over the last week, with most growers now seeing the end of harvest in sight.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – October 2, 2013

  Published on October 2, 2013
  Apple harvest continues at a rapid pace across southeast Michigan.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 19, 2018

  Published on September 19, 2018
  Honeycrisp harvest is starting and this variety is maturing quickly.

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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.