MSU Extension Floriculture & Greenhouse Crop Production

Events

• Sep 24

  What’s That? Major Pest Problems in Nursery Crops Webinar Series

  September 24, 2025 12:30PM – 2:00PM Online

  This webinar will highlight: rust pathogens, apple scab, shothole leaf spot, fire blight, septoria leaf spot, adelgids, white pine weevil, and needlecast diseases.

• Sep 25

  Immigration Essentials for Farm Employers Webinar - Session 3: Immigration Policy

  September 25, 2025 10:00AM – 11:00AM Zoom webinar

  Learn about current immigration enforcement trends and future reform proposals that could impact agricultural employers and their workforce.

• Oct 1

  What’s That? Major Pest Problems in Nursery Crops Webinar Series

  October 1, 2025 12:30PM – 2:00PM Online

  This webinar will cover several diseases commonly diagnosed at MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics. Topics will include powdery and downy mildews, rusts, leaf spots, viruses, and several diseases that commonly affect boxwood.

• Oct 21

  APWA Pesticide Core Applicator Review and Exam

  October 21, 2025 7:00AM – 3:00PM 7:00 a.m. check in Comfort Inn & Suites and Conference Center 2424 S Mission St. Mt Pleasant, MI 48858

  MSU Extension and MSU Pesticide and Safety Education Program are offering a Core Manual review class and RUP testing at the American Public Works Association Conference. Fumigation and Aerial Standard tests will also be available.

• Dec 9

  Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO

  December 9, 2025 – December 11, 2025 DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

  The Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO and Michigan Greenhouse Growers EXPO (GLEXPO) is an annual event that draws thousands of farmers from Michigan and beyond to Grand Rapids, Michigan each December.

• Dec 11

  2025 GLEXPO Pesticide Applicator Review and Testing – English & Spanish

  December 11, 2025 8:30AM – 3:00PM 8:00 a.m. registration GLEXPO - Devos Place, 303 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA

  MSU Extension and the MSU Pesticide and Safety Education Program will be hosting a pesticide review and RUP testing in English and Spanish at the 2025 GLEXPO. Fumigation and Aerial Standard tests will also be available.