College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

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  Learn about Michigan’s lakes online

  Published on September 19, 2017
  Register today for this opportunity to learn about inland lakes from MSU Extension and participants across the Midwest.

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  Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – Aug. 17, 2022

  Published on August 17, 2022
  Abundant rainfall slows some pests and enhances others.

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  Southeast Michigan vegetable update – June 21, 2017

  Published on June 21, 2017
  Crops are flowering and fruiting, growers wrapping up planting and beginning harvesting. Things are going smoothly, but have an eye out for pests.

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  Expand your knowledge of vegetable production at the 2025 Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo

  Published on September 25, 2025
  This year’s schedule is packed with educational opportunities for vegetable growers.

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  New $2.2 billion USDA financial assistance program launched for farmers who have faced discrimination

  Published on August 30, 2023
  Applications for the program are now open.

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  Farming insects for feed, food and health

  Published on April 2, 2018
  Jennifer Pechal and Eric Benbow's search for sustainable food security in Malawi.

• Grand Rapids, Mich., area tree fruit regional report – July 9, 2013

  Published on July 9, 2013
  Summer has arrived and apple pests don’t take a vacation.

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  MSU, GVSU join forces to address water challenges

  Published on January 29, 2019
  Michigan State University has formalized a partnership with the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute of Grand Valley State University to work together on water-related issues.

• West Michigan tree fruit regional report – September 6, 2016

  Published on September 6, 2016
  Watch out for late-season apple pests.

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  Research with an eye toward improving retinopathy treatment

  Published on March 23, 2016
  MSU AgBioResearch associate professor of physiology Julia Busik and her team recently published research that has implications for new, noninvasive treatment of diabetic retinopathy and, potentially, other diabetic complications.

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  East Michigan vegetable regional report – June 17, 2015

  Published on June 17, 2015
  If not underwater, cool season vegetables are headed to market and warm season vegetables are flowering and setting fruit.

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  Leaf scorch or oak wilt: What’s plaguing my tree?

  Published on September 26, 2022
  Browning of oak leaves may be caused by environmental stress rather than oak wilt.

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  New grant to help carrot and wheat growers deter invisible pests

  Published on March 11, 2021
  Entomologist Marisol Quintanilla will lead a team in unraveling the mysteries of a microscopic pest of carrots and wheat.

• What it means to be organic

  Published on April 6, 2017
  Learn the ins and outs of the organic health movement.

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  Spartans on the Move

  Published on November 16, 2025
  Inspired by the Fall 2025 Spartan Bus Tour

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  Michigan Grape Facts: Managing Botrytis Bunch Rot

  Published on June 24, 2020
  Gray mold or bunch rot can cause serious yield loss but there are a variety of tools that can be used to protect grapes.

• Neglected environmental health impacts of China's supply-side structural reform

  Published on June 6, 2018
  “Supply-side structural reform” (SSSR) has been the most important ongoing economic reform in China since 2015, but its important environmental health effects have not been properly assessed

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  Scientists Land $14.4 Million Grant to Improve Fruit Quality

  Published on November 10, 2009
  MSU scientists will lead a four-year, $14.4 million grant-funded research project-- the largest awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Specialty Crop Research Initiative since its inception in 2007.

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  Arándanos de MI: Anotaciones: Pudrición de la fruta por Antracnosis (Pudrición de la madurez)

  Published on October 20, 2022
  La pudrición de los arándanos por antracnosis es una de las enfermedades más comunes y de amplia distribución geográfica en Michigan y en los Estados Unidos.

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  Fishing, snorkeling, sailing - it’s all in a day’s work for these Michigan Sea Grant staffers

  Published on August 13, 2025
  As a 4-H Great Lakes Natural Resources Camp sponsor, Sea Grant offers hands-on natural resource lessons.