• Rethinking challenges to animal production systems

  Published on August 8, 2012
  Addressing issues concerning animal welfare, environmental impact, labor concerns and economic viability collectively rather than as single issues with individual solutions may lead to more sustainable livestock production systems.

• Southwest Michigan fruit update

  Published on March 30, 2011
  Fruit plantings are poised to renew growth when warm weather returns.

• Northwest Michigan fruit update – Aug. 21, 2018

  Published on August 21, 2018
  The weather in the northwest continues to be hot and dry.

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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

  Published on March 30, 2011
  Our late spring is welcomed by fruit growers across the region.

• Plan ahead to manage pear psylla

  Published on March 28, 2006
  

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  Launch of the Malawi National Agriculture Investment Plan

  Published on June 13, 2018
  June 13, 2018 - MoAIWD launched the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) which is the medium-term investment framework for the agricultural sector for the next five years.

• West Michigan tree fruit regional report – June 10, 2014

  Published on June 10, 2014
  Codling moth egg hatch is underway in West Michigan.

• 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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  Self-cloning marbled crayfish are now prohibited in Michigan

  Published on June 11, 2020
  Recent addition to Michigan’s prohibited species list makes marbled crayfish illegal to possess live.

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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 – July 22, 2014

  Published on July 22, 2014
  Apples are sizing nicely with heavy rainfalls.

• Five fall insect invaders

  Published on November 2, 2011
  These six-legged overwintering zombies are a nuisance around homes, but there are a few things you can do send them elsewhere

• West Michigan tree fruit regional report – June 24, 2014

  Published on June 24, 2014
  Codling moth cover sprays need to be re-applied with heavy rainfall.

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  Balancing biodiversity, climate change, food for a trifecta

  Published on September 5, 2023
  Sept. 5, 2023 - Scientists identify ways landowners in rural Brazil can find win-win situations, with biodiversity with farming.

• Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – April 30, 2019

  Published on April 30, 2019
  The Michigan spring weather rollercoaster continues.

• Using horticultural oils on landscape plants

  Published on March 21, 2008
  

• Birdsfoot trefoil fills a forage need on many Michigan farms

  Published on July 3, 2013
  Though not as common or widely planted as alfalfa or red clover, birdsfoot trefoil has desirable characteristics in specific situations.

• Northeast Michigan field crop regional report – July 15, 2015

  Published on July 16, 2015
  There hasn’t been any late blight confirmed in Michigan potatoes this year. Monitor fields when weather conditions are favorable for disease development.

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  Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – July 14, 2020

  Published on July 14, 2020
  Summer pest and crop concerns for apples.