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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 27, 2021

  Published on July 27, 2021
  Viticulture Field Day is this Wednesday, July 28, in Benton Harbor.

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  West central Michigan small fruit update – June 13, 2017

  Published on June 13, 2017
  Strawberries are in harvest with the first and the second harvest having good fruit quality but prevailing hot and dry weather conditions are cutting short the harvest season.

• Northwest Michigan fruit regional report- April 16, 2013

  Published on April 16, 2013
  With continued cold temperatures, all remains quiet across the region.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 13, 2017

  Published on June 13, 2017
  Hot conditions and dry soils are stressing plants. Growers are irrigating on sandy soils.

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  Apple fruit maturity for early varieties in 2020

  Published on September 2, 2020
  Harvest the best looking fruit from early varieties in the next few days and delay additional harvest for a week or two.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – April 23, 2019

  Published on April 23, 2019
  Crop development updates for tart cherries, apples, peaches and sweet cherries.

• East Michigan fruit update – July 23, 2019

  Published on July 23, 2019
  Spotted wing Drosophila trap catch numbers have taken a big jump this week. Tart cherries, summer red and fall raspberries and blueberries need to be protected.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – May 20, 2025

  Published on May 21, 2025
  Tart cherry is at petal fall, and early sweet cherry varieties are at shuck split. Apple varieties are at petal fall or early fruit set.

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  Intensive Fire Blight Fruit School is June 17 at the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center

  Published on June 4, 2019
  Register now for this terrific opportunity to hear cutting edge research about this key disease from speakers from across the country and Germany.

• East Michigan fruit crop update – August 11, 2020

  Published on August 11, 2020
  Harvest has begun for Red Haven and other main season peach varieties. Blueberry harvest continues across the region.

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  Apple storage advice for 2016 - a warm year at harvest

  Published on September 21, 2016
  Growers should pay extra attention to temperature of fruit going into controlled atmosphere storage.

• Grand Rapids, Mich., area tree fruit regional report – September 3, 2013

  Published on September 3, 2013
  The 2013 pest management program is winding down.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 12, 2018

  Published on September 12, 2018
  Updates on maturity status of Gala, McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Early Fuji, Jonathan, Jonagold and Empire.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 27, 2017

  Published on June 27, 2017
  Blueberry and sweet cherry harvest is underway. Spotted wing Drosophila numbers are up and birds are a problem.

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  Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – April 27, 2021

  Published on April 27, 2021
  After a hard frost last week, plenty of healthy flower buds are still present and warm weather is in the forecast.

• Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 14, 2020

  Published on October 14, 2020
  Apple harvest is winding down, but later varieties, many for the processing market, are being picked at this time.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – April 2, 2013

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

• Predicted 2011 apple harvest dates

  Published on July 12, 2011
  Erratic weather conditions set predicted apple harvest days two to seven days behind normal.

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  Combat herbicide resistance by using strip cultivation for weed management

  Published on February 25, 2014
  Two webinars will explain strip cultivation, an alternative to herbicides for managing weeds in orchards and vineyards.

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  West central apple maturity report – September 2, 2022

  Published on September 6, 2022
  Early apple varieties have been harvested, and Premiere Honeycrisp and Minneiska harvest is underway in the West Central region.