College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

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  Integrated pest management resources at Michigan State University Extension

  Published on December 8, 2025
  Explore MSU Extension resources and tools to help you make pest management decisions.

• Winterkill recovery on golf courses

  Published on April 16, 2010
  

• Autumn turf tips

  Published on September 19, 2008
  

• Yellow hawkweed and black medic

  Published on May 28, 2010
  

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  Turf update: Stressful summer for turf on golf courses

  Published on August 19, 2025
  This was a summer of extreme temperatures, high humidity and precipitation excesses and deficiencies. The result was stressed turf, turf death and less than perfect turfgrass conditions throughout the summer.

• Seedheads in lawns

  Published on May 7, 2011
  

• Core manual/RUP review offered in Spanish on Feb. 27

  Published on February 14, 2020
  Prepare for the MDARD Core Pesticide Applicators Certification exam with this Spanish-speaking review session in West Olive, Michigan.

• 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.

• More wet weather

  Published on April 26, 2011
  Forecast projects rains will continue possibly through the weekend of April 30.

• What’s the difference between Roundup and Roundup For Lawns?

  Published on March 31, 2017
  These two different products are good examples of why understanding the difference between product names and herbicide active ingredients is critical.

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  Enviroweather releases a test version of new website

  Published on August 25, 2020
  Get a head start on using the customizable dashboard and see improved mobile displays on the new Enviroweather website.

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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.

• Garlic mustard: Rapid invader of Michigan woodlands

  Published on April 13, 2007
  Garlic mustard is rapidly becoming one of Michigan’s worst woodland weeds, threatening to displace hundreds of native woodland plants and ferns.

• Clean Sweep Program for Mid-Michigan to be held Sept. 12

  Published on August 1, 2013
  Mid-Michigan residents are encouraged to dispose of unwanted pesticides through the Clean Sweep program on Sept. 12, 2013.

• Climate, weather and farming: What is history telling us?

  Published on December 19, 2012
  Watching the weather and determining how to manage day-to-day operations is both an art and science for successful farmers.

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  Michigan State University awarded North Central IPM Center

  Published on October 26, 2018
  MSU Entomology’s Lynnae Jess will co-direct the center, which supports integrated pest management (IPM), with Iowa State University.

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  Yellow and orange hawkweed flowering in turf

  Published on May 28, 2020
  Often confused for dandelions, hawkweed is now flowering in lawns.

• Leaf spot in turf

  Published on June 16, 2006
  

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

  Published on June 3, 2010
  

• Dawg days of summer

  Published on July 14, 2006