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Southwest Michigan Horticultural Days will be live and in-person Feb. 2-3, 2022
Published on January 13, 2022
Register now! Sessions for fruit and vegetable growers. This year’s special session is on marketing. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – 2021 review
Published on January 12, 2022
Repeated freezes in May damaged many crops. A dry summer kept disease pressure down in most fruits. Crop quality and volumes were generally good for early season crops, but a warm and wet October caused quality issues for some late crops. -
Weed management in fruit trees starts with fall herbicide application
Published on October 29, 2021
Fall is an important time to control woody perennials and application of preemergence herbicides in orchards. -
Specialty crop and minor-use pesticide prioritization at the 2021 Virtual IR-4 Food Use Workshop
Published on October 11, 2021
Participants at the 2021 IR-4 Food Use Workshop identified the most important research projects for the 2022 IR-4 food-use research program. -
Suspect herbicide resistance? Submit weed seeds for screening
Published on October 6, 2021
Collect weed seeds September-October to submit for herbicide resistance screening.
