• Northwest Michigan fruit regional report – June 7, 2016

  Published on June 7, 2016
  Fruit are beginning to size, and northwest Michigan has an excellent crop of sweet and tart cherries. Apples are also setting well.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – June 25, 2024

  Published on June 25, 2024
  Sweet cherry harvest has begun for early varieties. Tart cherry growers are preparing for harvest as early as next week.

• Southwest Michigan fruit update – Aug. 21, 2018

  Published on August 21, 2018
  Apple harvest is beginning. Peach and plum harvest continues. Blueberry harvest is ending.

• Manage crop load of young tall spindle apple plantings

  Published on June 4, 2014
  Adjust crop load of Honeycrisp and other apple varieties in high density plantings in years two through four to reduce negative impact on canopy vigor and subsequent cropping.

• Michigan brown marmorated stink bug report for Aug. 12, 2016

  Published on August 12, 2016
  With first detection of brown marmorated stink bug nymphs occurring this season in southwest Michigan, fruit and vegetable growers in the southern Lower Peninsula should be scouting for nymphs.

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  West central Michigan apple maturity report – September 13, 2023

  Published on September 13, 2023
  Growers began picking early Gala varieties this week. Honeycrisp is rapidly maturing, and Empire is still immature.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – Sept. 10, 2019

  Published on September 10, 2019
  Apple harvest is picking up steam.

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  Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 4, 2024

  Published on September 4, 2024
  Very warm weather over the past week and earlier in the season has been pushing along fruit ripening.

• Northwest Michigan fruit update – July 27, 2021

  Published on July 27, 2021
  Tart cherry harvest is winding down in the southern part of the region, and growers are working hard to put this harvest in the books.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – June 27, 2017

  Published on June 27, 2017
  Updates on cherry leaf spot, apple scab, spotted wing Drosophila and oriental fruit moth.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 28, 2024

  Published on May 28, 2024
  Warm weather is increasing insect activity in area fruit plantings.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – April 9, 2019

  Published on April 9, 2019
  With warmer weather in April, plant growth has started and buds are swollen.

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  Consideraciones de gestión del fuego bacteriano para los productores de manzanas del centro oeste de Michigan basados en las examinaciones de resistencia a la estreptomicina del 2018

  Published on September 14, 2018
  Los fondos del Proyecto VERDE prevén la cartografía regional y la identificación rápida de la resistencia a la estreptomicina en las poblaciones de fuego bacteriano del centro oeste de Michigan.

• Southeast Michigan apple maturity report – October 1, 2014

  Published on October 1, 2014
  Apple harvest continues at a rapid pace across southeast Michigan, with several varieties being harvested this week. Brix levels have risen sharply.

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  Northwest Michigan fruit update – Aug. 13, 2019

  Published on August 13, 2019
  Tart cherry harvest is winding down and apple pest activity has picked up.

• East Michigan fruit regional report – August 16, 2016

  Published on August 16, 2016
  Much needed rain has finally come to almost all of east Michigan, bringing relief from the season-long drought for most fruit growers.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Sept. 19, 2018

  Published on September 19, 2018
  Some maturity parameters are moving very quickly in apples, but do they tell the whole story?

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  Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – Oct. 14, 2020

  Published on October 14, 2020
  Late season apples such as Braeburn, Fuji and Evercrisp remain to be picked. U-pick and farm market sales have been brisk partly due to poorer crops in neighboring Indiana.

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  Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – Oct. 6, 2021

  Published on October 6, 2021
  This is the ninth apple maturity report for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, region.

• USDA Rural Development National Value-added Producer Grant opens

  Published on September 6, 2017
  Farmers are invited to apply for planning or operating funds through Jan. 31, 2018.