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USDA offers farms with FSA loans an opportunity to ease repayment distress
Published on September 19, 2023
Cash Flow-Based Assistance can help reset the clock on loan payments. -
Apply now for four SARE grant programs to fund farmers, educators and researchers
Published on September 15, 2023
Farmer Rancher, Partnership, Research and Education and Youth Educator grants are now open. -
Congratulations to 17 SARE grant awardees in 2023
Published on September 15, 2023
$1.3 million in new grant funds support Michigan sustainable agriculture researchers, farmers and educators. -
Suspect herbicide resistance? Submit weed seeds for screening
Published on September 14, 2023
Collect weed seeds September-October to submit for herbicide resistance screening. -
Soil testing through MSU Extension
Published on August 30, 2023
MSU Extension home lawn and garden and commercial soil tests provide access to personalized fertilizer recommendations for thousands of Michigan residents every year. -
What the box tree moth quarantine means for Michigan homeowners
Published on August 28, 2023
The box tree moth quarantine has been extended to 10 Michigan counties. Here is what homeowners should know. -
Why test soil in the fall?
Published on August 28, 2023
Compared to spring, fall is an ideal time for soil testing. Here’s why. -
Top four ‘favs’ from each Michigan Garden Plant Tour site
Published on August 16, 2023
Michigan State University Extension picks four plant cultivars or combinations at each trial garden participating in the Michigan Garden Plant Tour. -
MDARD expands box tree moth quarantine to ten southern Michigan counties
Published on August 2, 2023
The updated quarantine establishes a regulated area to ten southeast and central Michigan counties: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Lenawee, and Monroe. -
Disease detected on cukes in Saginaw County: Several counties have positive cucurbit downy mildew spores in air samples
Published on July 19, 2023
All Michigan cucumber and melon growers should employ effective downy mildew fungicides immediately.