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  East Michigan vegetable update – July 24, 2019

  Published on July 24, 2019
  Main season vegetable harvests are starting to pick up and stands are open for business.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – July 28, 2015

  Published on July 28, 2015
  Lodi apple harvest is underway, with early peach and blueberry harvest continuing and summer red raspberry harvest wrapping up.

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  Selection, planting and care of trees and shrubs to avoid the need for pesticides

  Published on May 1, 2019
  The best way to minimize pollinator exposure to pesticides is to create and maintain healthy landscapes with plants that rarely require a pesticide application.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – June 13, 2023

  Published on June 13, 2023
  Fruitlets are growing rapidly. Early sweet cherry varieties are turning red.

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  Wei Zhang, Ph.D.

  Interim Department Chair and Professor - Environmental and Soil Physics
  weizhang@msu.edu
  517-353-0471
  

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  Nancy Turner

  Professor of Nutrition
  ndturner@msu.edu
  517-353-7103
  

• Events | World Technology Access Program

• Determinants of Farmer Investment in Coffee Production: Finding a Path to Sustainable Growth

  Published on October 10, 2016
  Daniel C. Clay, Aniseh S. Bro, Ruth Ann Church, Alfred Bizoza, David L. Ortega. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 32.

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  Michigan grape scouting report – June 13, 2024

  Published on June 13, 2024
  Essential updates on weather, vine growth, disease management and pest control. Stay informed and optimize your vineyard's health and productivity!

• Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – May 10, 2016

  Published on May 10, 2016
  Sweet cherries are blooming across the region, and honey bee hives have been strong and active for pollination so far.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – June 9, 2015

  Published on June 9, 2015
  Strawberry harvest begins in southern counties, others to follow later this week. Primary apple scab season continues.

• East Michigan fruit update – May 23, 2017

  Published on May 23, 2017
  The extent of frost and freeze damage in apples is more extensive than most growers anticipated. Sorting out frost damage from lack of pollination is a challenge this season.

• 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.

• Southeast Michigan fruit regional report – July 14, 2015

  Published on July 14, 2015
  Summer red raspberry and blueberry harvest continues, cherry harvest is wrapping up and some apple blocks have high populations of obliquebanded leafrollers.

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  East Michigan vegetable update – June 26, 2019

  Published on June 26, 2019
  Conditions for diseases are perfect, but the pathogen must be present to cause harm.

• East Michigan fruit update – June 5, 2018

  Published on June 5, 2018
  Most apple growers have made two thinning applications in the last week with mixed results. Some are looking to make one more application over the next few days. Strawberry harvest will begin late this week or over the weekend.

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  Vineyard IPM scouting report for June 30, 2015

  Published on June 30, 2015
  Grape berry moth second generation egglaying predicted for next week in southwest Michigan.

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  Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – June 9, 2015

  Published on June 9, 2015
  Predicted stormy and wet conditions will be challenging for preventing disease infections this week.