Ron Goldy, PhD
goldy@msu.edu
Telephone: 269-944-1477 ext 207
Cellphone: 269-208-1651
Fax: 269-944-3106
MSU Extension
Senior Extension Educator, Vegetable Crops
Environmental quality
Food and Animal Systems
Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center 1791 Hillandale RoadBenton Harbor, MI 49022
Dr. Goldy conducts research and extension on new varieties, crops, and technologies, and irrigation and nutrients to help growers be sustainable. He also works with the direct market industry and helps consumers understand modern agricultural practices.
Useful resources
- Russet Potato Evaluation in Southwest Michigan
- Slicing Cucumber Performance in Southwest Michigan
- Fresh Market and Saladette Tomato Cultivar Evaluation in Southwest Michigan, 2017
- Plant Spacing Influence on Sweet Corn Yield and Quality
Tags: gmos, msu extension, nativeplants, southwest michigan research and extension center
Authored Articles
- COVID-19: Where can agricultural employers go to stay current on the infectious disease caused by novel coronavirus?, March 19, 2020
- More about the new USDA bioengineering label, January 3, 2020
- Curious or concerned about GMOs? Visit MSU’s GMO website for more information., December 6, 2019
- New label denoting bioengineered ingredients will soon appear on food items in 2020, December 4, 2019
- Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV): A new concern for tomato and pepper producers, November 25, 2019
- Should producers chase after yield?, November 13, 2019
- Farm stress emphasis at 2019 Great Lakes EXPO, November 4, 2019
- Pumpkin management in the final stretch, September 9, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Sept. 4, 2019, September 4, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 7, 2019, August 7, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 31, 2019, July 31, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 24, 2019, July 24, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 10, 2019, July 10, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 3, 2019, July 3, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 25, 2019, June 26, 2019
- Consequences of a cool, wet season for vegetables, June 19, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 19, 2019, June 19, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 12, 2019, June 12, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 5, 2019, June 5, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 29, 2019, May 29, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 22, 2019, May 22, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 15, 2019, May 15, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 8, 2019, May 8, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 1, 2019, May 1, 2019
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – April 24, 2019, April 24, 2019
- Farm transition is a lot like investing – start early!, April 5, 2019
- Mutation examples and how they happen, April 4, 2019
- How to determine a ripe melon, February 21, 2019
- Mutants have value too, January 23, 2019
- All fruit and vegetables are not created equal when it comes to proper storage conditions, January 23, 2019
- Seedless fruit is not something new, January 3, 2019
- Genetic engineering works because DNA is similar, December 20, 2018
- Is it natural genetic variation or genetic modification?, December 14, 2018
- Why many growers are quick to adopt genetic modification technology, December 13, 2018
- Agricultural economic situation placing pressure on producers, November 21, 2018
- Cole crops and its diva, the cauliflower, October 10, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Sept. 5, 2018, September 5, 2018
- Vegetable crops and their response to nitrogen, August 22, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 22, 2018, August 22, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 15, 2018, August 15, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – August 8, 2018, August 8, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – Aug. 1, 2018, August 1, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 25, 2018, July 25, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 18, 2018, July 18, 2018
- Some vegetable transplants have had difficulty due to hot weather, July 13, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – July 11, 2018, July 11, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 27, 2018, June 27, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 20, 2018, June 20, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 13, 2018, June 13, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 6, 2018, June 6, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 30, 2018, May 30, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 23, 2018, May 23, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update — May 16, 2018, May 16, 2018
- Production of cut flowers and vegetables in high-tunnels, May 14, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 9, 2018, May 9, 2018
- Watering fruit and vegetables — How much do they really need?, May 7, 2018
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update – April 25, 2018, April 25, 2018
- Fruit and vegetable irrigation efficiency featured at 2018 MSU Agriculture Innovation Day, March 29, 2018
- Time of pumpkin planting can improve success, March 21, 2018
- Educating consumers on modern agricultural practices, March 21, 2018
- MSU Agriculture Innovation Day: Focus on Fruit and Vegetable Technologies, March 1, 2018
- There is no better time than fall to control problem perennial weeds, September 22, 2017
- Winter melons: A new crop for Michigan growers, November 23, 2016
- Protecting tomatoes from herbicide drift, May 5, 2016
- Tight plastic is important for good heat transfer, April 15, 2016
- It’s time to review your pepper fertilization program, April 15, 2016
- More reasons for soil testing, March 11, 2016
- Knowing pest life cycles helps with resistance management, March 10, 2016
- Performance of 19 fresh market and six saladette tomato cultivars in Southwest Michigan in 2015, January 21, 2016
- Poly-coated urea as a season-long nitrogen source for sweet corn, January 21, 2016
- Second year results using biochar as a soil amendment in a high-tunnel, poly bag growth system, January 21, 2016
- Evaluation of three pollinizer planting patterns on seedless watermelon yield, January 21, 2016
- Smart nitrogen and sweet corn, November 30, 2015
- Crop response to daylength and its role in fertilizer applications, March 30, 2015
- Improving your share of the market doesn’t always take a big change, February 23, 2015
- When will my vegetables be ready to harvest?, February 23, 2015
- Midwest Vegetable Variety Trial Report: Get the latest on vegetable variety performance, January 30, 2015
- The three R’s of good weed control, January 12, 2015
- Getting the most from your pre-emergent vegetable herbicide, January 5, 2015
- If applying some fertilizer is good, then more is better, right? Wrong!, December 5, 2014
- What are these bumps on my vegetables?, December 3, 2014
- Prune your tomatoes for maximum size, June 18, 2014
- How important are early season phosphorus applications?, April 30, 2014
- How will the 2013-14 winter affect vegetable production in 2014?, April 10, 2014
- Planting time and powdery mildew control important for pumpkin yield, March 31, 2014
- Where do I go for information on new vegetable cultivars?, March 27, 2014
- Is it time to finally take the plunge into drip irrigation?, February 20, 2014
- Preventing sunscald in vegetables, February 7, 2014
- Puncturevine: Another weed to add to your watch list, January 24, 2014
- Transplant trays – does cell size matter?, January 22, 2014
- It all starts with the soil, January 22, 2014
- Determining soil type important for successful preemergent weed control, January 16, 2014
- Anions and cations in plants, oh my! But why do we care?, December 4, 2013
- Knowing nutrient mobility is helpful in diagnosing plant nutrient deficiencies, November 14, 2013
- Blossom end rot: Understanding a perennial problem, November 6, 2013
- Distance matters when saving seed, October 21, 2013
- Seed transmitted diseases: It’s time we had the STD talk, October 3, 2013
- Boron in vegetables: Not too little, not too much, April 2, 2013
- Phytophthora-tolerant bell peppers, April 2, 2013
- Pumpkins and plastic: The pros and cons of plasticulture, March 20, 2013
- What will Stewart’s wilt do in 2013?, March 13, 2013
- Developing a virus reduction strategy for cucurbits, February 26, 2013
- Irrigation and disease development in Michigan vegetables, February 25, 2013
- Experience with high tunnel production: Annual crops that have done well in southwest Michigan, January 7, 2013
- Experience with growing tomatoes in high tunnels: Irrigation, training and temperature management, January 2, 2013
- Experience with growing tomatoes in high tunnels: Fertilization, quality and yield, December 14, 2012
- Understanding pest life cycles is critical for vegetable cropping success, December 13, 2012
- Experience with growing tomatoes in high tunnels: What about crop rotation?, November 19, 2012
- Experience with growing tomatoes in high tunnels: Insects, diseases and weeds, November 8, 2012
- Tomato spotted wilt can be a northern vegetable problem, October 16, 2012
- Green bell pepper showing purple striping due to cool temperatures in September, October 9, 2012
- Stewart’s wilt could be back in sweet corn in 2012, April 2, 2012
- Seedless watermelon – how do they do that?, March 14, 2012
- Forget spuds, try La Pomme De Terre Gourmande, March 9, 2012
- Good time to review your vegetable production fertilizer practices, March 2, 2012
- Double cropping in a plasticulture system, February 24, 2012
- Water management in a plasticulture system: What we learned from the okra incident, February 23, 2012
- Soil type influences irrigation strategy, February 9, 2012
- Understanding soil pH Part II, November 30, 2011
- Understanding soil pH Part I, November 30, 2011
- What is your soil cation exchange capacity?, November 7, 2011
- 2011 was a great year for bacteria in vegetable crops, November 4, 2011
- Is plasticulture worth it for vegetable production?, October 24, 2011
- Time to think ahead for the next season of vegetable production, October 20, 2011
- October is garlic planting time, September 29, 2011
- Looking below the surface for effective soil management, May 17, 2011
- Southwest Michigan vegetable update, May 11, 2011
- Southwest Michigan vegetable production update, May 4, 2011
- Cool, wet conditions slowing Southwest Michigan field activities, April 20, 2011
- Sweet potatoes move north, April 7, 2011
- Are phosphorus applications under plastic mulch really necessary?, April 1, 2011
- Measuring soil water movement is a simple matter of resistance, March 1, 2011
- Broad mite: Not your typical Michigan mite, March 1, 2011
- High tunnel interest continues to grow, February 15, 2011
Articles Featuring
- Precision farming comes into its own, October 7, 2019
- Demystifying GMOs for gardeners, February 1, 2019
- Walking the GMO tightrope: Communicating effectively on a divisive subject, August 15, 2018
Authored Documents
- Producing Garlic in Michigan (E2722), June 30, 2016
- New crops for new customers webinar, February 11, 2016
- Tomato diseases, insects and disorders webinar, January 27, 2016
- Vegetable plasticulture webinar, January 11, 2016
- Marketing agriculture products, January 11, 2016
- Managing soil, irrigation and fertilizer interaction, January 11, 2016