• 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.

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  East Michigan fruit update – June 30, 2020

  Published on June 30, 2020
  Strawberry harvest has finished at most farms. Summer red raspberry, sweet cherry and saskatoon harvest is getting started. A few areas received good precipitation last weekend, but drought conditions continue in most areas.

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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.

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  East Michigan vegetable update – June 5, 2019

  Published on June 5, 2019
  Looking forward to drying conditions!

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 3, 2022

  Published on May 3, 2022
  Blooming of fruit crops is becoming more widespread. Bees are visiting open flowers.

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  East Michigan vegetable update – June 3, 2020

  Published on June 3, 2020
  Should be a busy week of planting with good moisture and growing conditions.

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  Michigan grape scouting report – July 13, 2022

  Published on July 13, 2022
  Most of northwest Michigan's grape-growing regions have reached over 900 GDD. In grape berry moth egglaying sites, plan for a lengthy period of protection from the second generation, as this pest's egglaying continues through July.

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  Michigan Grape Scouting Report – August 2, 2023

  Published on August 2, 2023
  Veraison in Michigan: The beginning of the harvest celebration!

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  Michigan grape scouting report – June 24, 2020

  Published on June 24, 2020
  Grape bloom has started in northern Michigan. Summer insect and disease management programs are starting in southern Michigan.

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  Michigan grape scouting report – May 26, 2021

  Published on May 26, 2021
  Heat from the past week helped grapes move quickly. Shoots are lengthening throughout Michigan and clusters are becoming visible.

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• Stakeholder Perceptions on Geographic Zoning in Rwanda’s Coffee Sector and Opportunities for Policy Adjustment

  Published on August 1, 2017
  Andrew Gerard, Daniel C. Clay, Maria Claudia Lopez. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 42.

• Analysis of Distributed Coffee Inputs in Rwanda: Pesticide Access and Fertilizer Volume

  Published on October 16, 2018
  Andrew Gerard, Daniel C. Clay, Maria Claudia Lopez, Kathryn Bowman, and Daniel Rukazambuga, 2018. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 116. East Lansing: Michigan State University

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  Northwest Michigan fruit update – June 22, 2021

  Published on June 22, 2021
  The weather has cooled considerably, and tart and sweet cherries are starting to color.

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  Inspired by Home

  Published on March 28, 2016
  In the early 1980s, a flood wiped out a bridge in Santa Catarina Mita, a small village in Guatemala on the edge of El Salvador.

• West Michigan tree fruit regional report – April 12, 2016

  Published on April 12, 2016
  Tree fruit development is slightly delayed, but growers should ready.

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  Blackleg disease reported in some Michigan potato fields

  Published on June 24, 2015
  Aerial and lower stem blackleg in potatoes are ever present, but some years worse than others.

• East Michigan fruit update – April 14, 2020

  Published on April 14, 2020
  Cold temperatures over the last week have slowed growth of flower and leaf buds in all fruit crops.