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  New Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program funds four projects

  Published on April 22, 2024
  Each project will be supported at roughly $1.25 million over three years.

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  James Averill named MSU AgBioResearch assistant director

  Published on June 7, 2023
  The Michigan agriculture leader begins his new role July 1.

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  Stub length for renewal cuts in high-density apples

  Published on February 24, 2022
  Research by Todd Einhorn on the impact of stub length on renewal shoots in Gala, Fuji and Honeycrisp.

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  A fruitful partnership

  Published on September 9, 2021
  MSU, Tree Fruit Commission, MDARD partner to support fruit industry

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  Detecting emerging pesticide resistance in grapes

  Published on July 1, 2020
  Timothy Miles, assistant professor and Extension specialist in Michigan State University’s (MSU) Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, researches the most effective management strategies for grape diseases.

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  Michigan agriculture proponents step down

  Published on February 3, 2020
  Two stalwarts of Michigan agriculture, Phil Korson and Jim Byrum, have retired at the end of 2019.

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  Save the dates for 2019 MSU research center field days

  Published on May 23, 2019
  The public is invited to learn about the research work of Michigan State University around the state during the upcoming 2019 MSU AgBioResearch field days.

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  Rogers Reserve sponsors Aug. 11 Chestnut Pest Management Session

  Published on July 19, 2018
  Join us to learn about disease management in chestnut, from the field to the processing line.

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  Workshop to address opportunities, challenges of commercial chestnut production

  Published on March 6, 2017
  The Michigan chestnut industry has been growing steadily over the last decade, with a substantial amount of interest from new growers.

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  Wanted: Chestnut Growers

  Published on November 7, 2016
  Michigan State University is growing the chestnut industry, with demand far outpacing supply. READ

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  MSU researchers awarded grant to advance solid set canopy delivery system for tree fruit

  Published on August 2, 2016
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Research Initiative has awarded a team of Michigan State University researchers $1.47 million to test the effectiveness of a solid set canopy delivery system for tree fruit.

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  Save the dates for MSU field days featuring research updates

  Published on May 26, 2016
  Members of the Michigan agriculture industry and others are invited to tour several of the Michigan State University research facilities this summer during the annual field day festivities.

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  At the core of the modern-day apple orchard

  Published on November 11, 2015
  Over the past couple of decades, apple orchards around the country have been undergoing a quiet yet monumental transformation.

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  Equipment to benefit fruit production donated to MSU research center

  Published on March 23, 2015
  A state-of-the-art $35,000 Orchard-Rite wind machine has been installed at the MSU AgBioResearch Clarksville Research Center, thanks to a donation from the manufacturer and its service company.

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  M-AAA awards more than $600K in grants for MSU animal agriculture research

  Published on December 11, 2014
  Seventeen Michigan State University researchers and Extension outreach and education specialists have received more than $600,000 in funding from the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture.

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  MSU AgBioResearch announces new assistant director of natural resources programs

  Published on October 22, 2014
  MSU fisheries and wildlife professor Michael Jones has been named assistant director of natural resources programs for MSU AgBioResearch. This is a new part-time position within the organization.

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  MSU AgBioResearch names new acting associate director

  Published on June 26, 2014
  George Smith, MSU animal science professor, will serve as acting associate director of MSU AgBioResearch beginning July 1.

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  MSU research centers to host public field days

  Published on May 13, 2014
  MSU AgBioResearch is inviting the public to tour several of its outlying research centers this summer.

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  Attracting wild bees to farms is a good insurance policy

  Published on April 4, 2014
  A paper co-authored by MSU AgBioResearch's Rufus Isaacs gives farmers of pollination-dependent crops tangible results to convert marginal acreage to fields of wildflowers.

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  Single gene separates queen from workers

  Published on January 29, 2014
  Scientists have identified how a single gene in honey bees separates the queens from the workers.