College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Michigan apple harvest reports – September 27, 2012

  Published on September 27, 2012
  Majority of apple harvest will be complete before October 1.

• Michigan brown marmorated stink bug report for September 29, 2014

  Published on September 30, 2014
  More activity was reported this week, but except for a few hotspots, trap catches remain very low. More reports of aggregations on commercial and residential buildings are coming in from urban and suburban sites across Lower Michigan.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – September 23, 2015

  Published on September 23, 2015
  Another picking of Honeycrisp is taking place and growers are finishing up harvest of the later maturing McIntosh strains. A few Jonagold and Jonathan blocks are being harvested, and a few growers are spot picking Golden Delicious.

• East Michigan fruit update – July 9, 2019

  Published on July 9, 2019
  Soils have quickly gone from too wet all spring and early summer to now dry. Harvest of many fruit crops is underway, including sweet cherries, saskatoons, summer red raspberries, tart cherries and black raspberries.

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  Common apple pests and diseases poster in Spanish and English now available

  Published on November 8, 2024
  Available in print and PDF, this poster serves as a quick ID guide for common apple pests and disease and the damage they can cause.

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  Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – May 14, 2019

  Published on May 14, 2019
  Apple trees are moving nowhere fast.

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  East Michigan fruit update – June 16, 2020

  Published on June 16, 2020
  Strawberry harvest has begun with strong consumer demand for ready picked and pick your own berries. Even with some rain over the last week, many areas have slipped into drought conditions.

• Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Sept. 2, 2020

  Published on September 2, 2020
  Early apple variety harvest is finishing up with early Gala harvest on tap for next week.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update - Aug. 6, 2018

  Published on August 7, 2018
  A hot dry week moves fruit and pests quickly.

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  Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – October 2, 2024

  Published on October 2, 2024
  Apple harvesting in southwest Michigan is rounding the last turn and will be wrapping up soon.

• West central Michigan tree fruit regional report – July 28, 2015

  Published on July 28, 2015
  Sweet cherry harvest is over and peach harvest is underway.

• 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.

• Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – July 19, 2016

  Published on July 19, 2016
  Growers have been challenged with an overlap of sweet and tart cherry harvest this season.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – August 17, 2022

  Published on August 17, 2022
  Early varieties are nearing maturity in the Grand Rapids area.

• Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 2, 2015

  Published on September 2, 2015
  The MSU apple maturity program reports for southwest Michigan help the Michigan industry manage the apple crop.

• Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – June 3, 2014

  Published on June 3, 2014
  With cherries coming out of the shuck and rain in the forecast, growers are protecting from diseases and insects.

• Process exemptions within the Food Safety and Modernization Act

  Published on February 28, 2018
  Process exemptions are one of many ways fruit and vegetable growers may need to only partially comply with the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule.

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  Southwest Michigan Fruit update – April 16, 2019

  Published on April 16, 2019
  Warmer, wet weather will move plants quickly. Spraying season has begun.

• West central Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 3, 2018

  Published on October 3, 2018
  Updates on maturity status of Jonagold, Empire, Ambrosia, Mutsu/Crispin, Golden Delicious, Idared, Red Delicious, Rome, Winesap, Fuji and EverCrisp.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – October 8, 2014

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