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Southwest Michigan apple maturity report – September 25, 2013
Published on September 25, 2013
Warm days and cool nights are helping apples mature, while dry weather is allowing farm crews to make good progress harvesting the large area crop. -
West central Michigan apple maturity report – October 5 2022
Published on October 5, 2022
Varieties such as Empire, Jonagold, Golden Delicious and Mutsu are being harvested this week in the West central region. Red Delicious and Idared are moving closer to maturity. Northern spy are still immature. -
Spotted wing Drosophila detections are increasing in fruit crops
Published on June 19, 2012
Monitor ripening fruit crops to know where and when to protect against spotted wing Drosophila, a new pest to Michigan. -
New meteograms now available on MSU Enviroweather
Published on June 9, 2017
Near real-time weather data in graphical format allows users to visualize weather over time. -
Comprehensive Honeycrisp harvest and storage recommendations
Published on September 12, 2022
Honeycrisp storage options are many and successful storage, especially for long-term, depends on efforts in the field as well as postharvest. Here we discuss those options, focusing on successful storage 'recipes' for Honeycrisp with various options. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 8, 2025
Published on July 9, 2025
Fruit is ripening in southwest Michigan. -
Grand Rapids area apple maturity report – September 24, 2025
Published on September 24, 2025
McIntosh, Empire and Jonagold are being harvested. Golden Delicious and Ambrosia are mature. -
Brown marmorated stink bug in Michigan fall 2013 update
Published on September 11, 2013
Captures of an invasive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug, increase in Michigan. -
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. -
Early season sprays for managing San Jose scale
Published on April 16, 2019
Considerations for spring management of tree fruit pests like San Jose scale. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 5, 2020
Published on May 5, 2020
A warm weekend moved tree fruit quickly along. Cherries, peaches, pears and plums are blooming. -
Assessing frost and freeze damage to flowers and buds of fruit trees
Published on March 30, 2021
How to assess the impact of a freeze on early fruit development. -
Northwest Michigan apple maturity report – Sept. 15, 2021
Published on September 15, 2021
This apple maturity report is the fourth this season. Harvest has begun in earnest across northwest Michigan. -
Southeast Michigan fruit update – April 11, 2023
Published on April 11, 2023
Emergence from dormancy in a wet spring. -
Applying Apogee and Actigard to young apple trees
Published on May 1, 2019
Apogee and Actigard applied together can help suppress fire blight while not seriously delaying the trees filling their canopy space. -
Predicted 2019 apple harvest dates
Published on August 2, 2019
The predicted apple harvest dates are roughly a week later than normal, and southeast Michigan is only a few days behind normal. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 6, 2021
Published on July 7, 2021
Summer fruit harvest is underway for berries and tree fruit. -
Northwest Michigan fruit update – June 17, 2025
Published on June 17, 2025
Apple size increased by 8 mm since last week, and some growers are still thinning apples. Growers are estimating tart and sweet cherry crops following cold damage in late April. -
Michigan brown marmorated stink bug report for August 22, 2014
Published on August 22, 2014
No brown marmorated stink bugs were caught during the week of Aug. 15-21, 2014. -
East Michigan fruit update – June 23, 2020
Published on June 23, 2020
Strawberry harvest continues across east Michigan. Summer red raspberry harvest is getting started. Most areas of the region are in moderate drought conditions.
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