College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

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  Pain in the grass: Crabgrass

  Published on April 29, 2025
  Crabgrass got you crabby? Learn more about its biology to help hone your management strategies.

• Tips on submitting insects for identification

  Published on May 6, 2011
  No more guessing: Here’s how to package up insects and other arthropods for identification from the lab.

• Yellow nutsedge and irrigation

  Published on July 10, 2009
  

• A question about milky spore applications and grubs

  Published on April 13, 2012
  Wondering if milky spore applications work well for grub control? Find out here!

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  Reduced maintenance on athletic fields and lawns due to novel coronavirus

  Published on March 30, 2020
  Turfgrass management considerations for athletic fields and home lawns during the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order.

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  Understanding Roundup products

  Published on April 18, 2017
  Not every Roundup is the same. Read the label and follow directions to ensure you’re picking the correct product for your intended use.

• Early season nursery crop disease management

  Published on April 18, 2008
  Nursery growers should be on a routine copper fungicide program to help reduce the spread of bacterial blight, especially when lilacs are overwintered in polyhouses.

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  Turfgrass fall wrap-up and snow mold

  Published on December 4, 2018
  A wet fall and early snow made finishing up turfgrass tasks such as leaf cleanup, final mowings and snow mold application timely tricky.

• Turf still struggling

  Published on September 10, 2010
  

• Greenhouse leaf tier (a.k.a. celery leaf tier)

  Published on August 26, 2010
  Editor’s note: This article is from the archives of the MSU Crop Advisory Team Alerts. Check the label of any pesticide referenced to ensure your use is included.

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  Winterkill on golf course update from northern Michigan

  Published on May 15, 2019
  There was sporadic and significant winterkill on golf courses in northern Michigan this year.

• Irrigating with lake water during drought and dry weather

  Published on August 29, 2012
  Lakefront property owners have riparian right to “reasonable use” of lake water.

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  What lies beneath: Ice?

  Published on January 29, 2014
  Ice sheets have formed on many golf courses this winter and have the potential to kill turfgrass.

• NCR-SARE announces 2012 call for research and education pre-proposals

  Published on April 14, 2011
  Research and Education program supports innovators with competitive research and education grants.

• Values as part of environmental education

  Published on May 29, 2014
  Find out more about environmental education and how values play a role in environmental literacy and decision making. See how educators use values as a way to teach EE and help youth better understand how to be good earth stewards.

• Enroll now for spring off-campus MSU applied plant science enrollment

  Published on December 14, 2011
  Michigan State University Institute of Agricultural Technology will be holding classes for a certificate program in Applied Plant Science at northwest and southwest Michigan colleges.

• Building employee loyalty through involvement

  Published on January 9, 2012
  How can you build employee loyalty? Table Rock Farm, Inc. of Castile, NY provides an example of one way to do just that.

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  Tips to toss the moss from your lawn

  Published on May 10, 2023
  Frustrated with moss in your lawn? Understand why and then consider a range of management options.

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  Spring lawn care tips for the do-it yourselfers

  Published on March 31, 2020
  Spring has sprung and with temperatures forecast to warm considerably in the next week, many do-it yourselfers or those simply looking for something to do outside their home will be venturing out into their lawns.

• Dandelions painting turf and lawns yellow

  Published on May 9, 2013
  Another annual rite of spring is upon us: dandelions. The best time to control will be at the puff ball stage.