• Weeds in the heat

  Published on July 13, 2007
  

• Two new tax benefits aid employers who hire and retain unemployed workers

  Published on June 3, 2010
  

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  Farm resilience starts with a solid financial foundation

  Published on November 3, 2023
  How the MSU Extension Farm Business Management Team and their resources can help farms build resiliency.

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  Protecting yourself and your farm employees from COVID-19

  Published on March 27, 2020
  Considerations to help producers protect themselves, their families and employees from novel coronavirus, the virus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.

• Test provides promising results for those wanting to protect their trees from emerald ash borer

  Published on May 16, 2008
  A four-year test shows that an annual basal drench with imidacloprid protects trees from emerald ash borer.

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  Cold temperatures extend application timing for crabgrass preemergence herbicides

  Published on April 16, 2020
  Cold soil temperatures should extend timing for crabgrass preemergence herbicide applications.

• Boxelder bugs, Asian lady beetles and cluster flies. Oh boy!

  Published on April 4, 2008
  

• Environmental trends in gardening

  Published on March 21, 2008
  

• Contact, systemic and translaminar: How insecticides move in plants

  Published on February 16, 2007
  

• Turfgrass slow to thaw

  Published on March 21, 2008
  

• MSU Annual Trials website

  Published on March 20, 2009
  The following information was obtained from the Floriculture Area of Expertise Team web site and should be of interest to retail garden centers, landscapers and grounds maintenance foreman in Michigan.

• Cool, rainy spring days, nice for ducks and stem nematodes

  Published on May 1, 2009
  

• Emerald ash borer treatments for homeowners

  Published on May 1, 2009
  Homeowners have the option of treating ash trees themselves to protect trees from emerald ash borer by using imidacloprid as a basal soil drench.

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  Tree, turf and ornamental plant update – Sept. 7, 2018

  Published on September 7, 2018
  An update on strawberry root weevil adults, green stink bugs, tar spot on maples and leaf blotch on horse chestnuts.

• Two more spruce problems that are not herbicide related

  Published on July 29, 2011
  Cooley spruce adelgid and spruce needle rust result in browning of current year’s growth on spruce and may be mistaken for Imprelis damage.

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  September fertilization and rust on turf

  Published on September 12, 2019
  Stretches of dry and hot weather this summer resulted in some lawns being stressed and slow to recover. Fertilizer applications in September will ensure the turf maintains density and competes with pests such as weeds and rust.

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  Using climatology to estimate first freezing temperatures of the fall season

  Published on August 30, 2019
  Statistics help narrow down the timing of first freezing temperatures across Michigan.

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  Support from Project GREEEN helps Enviroweather deliver needed information to Michigan growers

  Published on March 27, 2024
  For more than two decades, Enviroweather has provided real-time weather information to help make farming decisions — dealing with pests, plant development and natural resources management.

• Japanese stilt grass alert

  Published on May 26, 2006
  Japanese stilt grass came to the eastern United States accidentally and has been spreading rapidly into the Midwest.

• Heterosporium leaf spot

  Published on July 24, 2009