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Presenter Panel Discussion of the Week's Pest Topics
Published on March 25, 2022
Attendees submitted questions to the expert panel of presenters from the week's fruit sessions. The panel spent the Friday hour answering attendee submitted questions based on the week's topics.
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Filter Method for Sampling for Spotted Wing Drosophila Larvae
Published on April 11, 2024
This video provides instructions for how to use a reusable coffee filter to monitor ripe blueberries for spotted wing drosophila larvae.
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What is IPM and How do you do it?
Published on March 21, 2022
Learn more about integrated pest management and how to implement IPM practices on your farm.
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Bee Integrated: Linking Michigan Farmers and Beekeepers
Published on March 2, 2022
Farmers and beekeepers in Michigan describe how Bee Integrated brought them together to team up on honey bee health, opening lines of communication and setting the stage for collaboration for better crops and healthier honey bees.
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Tree Fruit and Small Fruit Varieties in Michigan
Published on February 3, 2022
Bill Shane and Cheyenne Sloan will discuss the varieties of tree fruit and small fruit best suited for growing in Michigan.
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Influences of overwintering conditions and seasonal relative humidity on SWD populations
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Rufus Isaacs of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about how environmental factors influence spotted wing drosophila (SWD) populations.
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Susceptibility of cherry cultivars to spotted wing drosophila
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Larry Gut of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about the susceptibility of different cherry varieties to spotted wing drosophila.
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Beginning Fruit
Published on February 21, 2024
Nothing compares to farm fresh fruit, but growing fruit can be a little more complicated than one would initially think. This session will cover the basics of fruit production and dispel some common myths that viral videos might have led you to believe
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Michigan Good Food Charter Goal #3: Cherry Capital Foods, TC, Michigan
3. Michigan will generate new agri-food businesses at a rate that enables 20 percent of food purchased in Michigan to come from Michigan.
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Understanding and Minimizing Cold Damage in Fruit Crops
Published on February 18, 2021
MI Ag Ideas to Grow With 2021 - Fruit Session: Review of winter and spring cold events, how cold damages plants, and measures growers can use to reduce the impact cold on their crops.
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Bee Integrated: Creating Bee Forage in Michigan
Published on March 2, 2022
When bees are facing diseases and pesticide exposure, good pollen and nectar sources are vital in helping them survive. Michigan State University Extension's Ana Heck, farmer Mike Van Agtmael, and Bee Informed Partnership field specialist Dan Wyns describe the importance of pollinator habitat in this Bee Integrated video.
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Michigan Tree Fruit Commission - Working in new ways to advance the industry
Published on April 1, 2024
The Michigan Tree Fruit Commission was created in 2014 with a focus on upgrading MSU research center infrastructure for apple, cherry, peach and plum projects.
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Digging in: How to pick and prepare a site for a fruit planting
Published on February 28, 2022
Join Emily Lavely to learn more about how to pick the best location and prepare it for planting fruit.
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Spotted wing drosophila insecticide efficacy and management programs
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Larry Gut of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about insecticide efficacy and management programs for spotted wing drosophila in cherries.
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Fruit Presenter Panel Discussion of the Week's Horticultural Topics
Published on March 4, 2022
Attendees at the MI Ag Ideas to Grow With conference who participated in the fruit track, week 1 with horticultural topics were able to hear from an expert panel of presenters from the week's sessions. This panel spent the Friday hour answering attendee submitted questions based on the week's topics.
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Annual spotted wing drosophila population variability in Michigan
Published on February 6, 2020
Dr. Julianna Wilson of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University talks about spotted wing drosophila populations in Michigan.
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Bee Integrated: Blooms are a Boost for Bees
Published on March 2, 2022
Michigan State University Apiculture Extension Educator Ana Heck explains how good forage helps honey bees deal with other stressors.
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Key Wildlife Pests of Fruit and How to Promote and Protect Pollinators in Fruit Systems
Published on March 24, 2022
Learn more about key wildlife pests to be on the lookout for as well as how you can promote and protect pollinators on your operation.
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Bee Integrated: Bees and Pesticides
Published on March 2, 2022
In this Bee Integrated video, farmer Mike Van Agtmael describes how integrated pest management and good communication with his beekeeper, Jim Hilton, keeps bees healthy and pollination productive. Beekeeper Jamie Ostrowski describes a "perfect storm" that harmed some of her bees—and how she and Matt Jansen of Green Thumb Blueberries collaborate to protect her hives.
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Improving black cherry trees
Michigan State University researchers have teamed up with the U.S. Forest Service to test a variety of black cherry tree seedlings, evaluating them for their growth, stem form, branch angle, and disease and insect tolerance qualities.
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