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  Caterpillar Pests in Cole Crops (E3165)

  Published on April 2, 2012
  This publication lists the type of caterpillars that do damage to cole crops and how to prevent the caterpillars from coming to your crops.

• Organic matter basics

  Published on February 19, 2018
  Getting started with organic matter basics.

• 2019 Winter Grower Produce Safety Certification Course-Benton Harbor

  Date: Feb 05, 2019
  Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) certification training

• 2019 Winter Grower Produce Safety Certification Course-Kalamazoo

  Date: Feb 08, 2019
  Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) certification training.

• 2019 Winter Grower Produce Safety Certification Course-Grand Rapids

  Date: Jan 31, 2019
  Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) certification training.

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  Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (E0312)

  Published on November 11, 2015
  This annual guide is a summary of currently suggested vegetable varieties, seeding rates, fertilizer rates, weed control, insect control and disease control measures for commercial growers. A version of this publication is available at http://mwveguide.org

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  Integrated Pest Management Scouting in Vegetable Crops (E3293)

  Published on November 23, 2015
  Scouting and monitoring for pests is a critical step in quantifying the potential damage that can be caused by a pest and implementing management strategies that are appropriately timed for maximum effect.

• Cole crop insect management

  Published on July 7, 2011
  Here are some guidelines for dealing with insects in your cole crops, which may be a challenge this year due to a cool, wet spring and warm summer temperatures.

• Managing cereal rye cover crop to improve benefits in vegetable production

  Published on May 9, 2007
  

• Direct expensing for farm taxes

  Published on November 11, 2011
  An option for decreasing net farm profit in a year of higher income is to use direct expensing. This decision can be made after the end of the tax or calendar year and before filing.

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  Secondary and Micro-nutrients for Vegetable and Field Crops (E486)

  Published on November 10, 2015
  Plant nutrients in fertilizers are classified as major nutrients and micronutrients. The most important major nutrients are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Plants require these nutrients in relatively large amounts.

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  Dealing with black rot of cole crops

  Published on October 17, 2016
  October’s warm days and foggy mornings have created perfect conditions for black rot, a disease that causes problems worldwide.

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  Kraut-making day a successful marketing tool for Michigan vegetable grower

  Published on January 16, 2017
  One Michigan grower responded to his customers’ desire to learn how to make sauerkraut, and developed an event to teach them that is still going 12 years later.

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  Lime for Michigan Soils (E0471)

  Published on November 10, 2015
  This bulletin covers the nature of soil acidity, the need and importance of liming the soil to neutralize acidity, comparisons of various liming materials and their neutralizing values, and guidelines for liming soils for crops grown in Michigan.

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  Early-emerging cabbage maggot mows down and tunnels through roots of cole crops

  Published on March 21, 2017
  Review management options for cabbage maggots, a sporadic yet damaging insect pest of cole crops.

• Double cropping in a plasticulture system

  Published on February 24, 2012
  Vegetable growers using a plasticulture system always want to know if they can use the system for a second crop. The answer is yes, maybe.

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  East Michigan vegetable regional report – May 4, 2016

  Published on May 4, 2016
  Some growers are still delayed with planting by wet soils, others are progressing as transplants are available. Warmer weather would be welcomed.

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  Swede midge biology and management

  Published on October 12, 2015
  Swede midge, an invasive pest of cole crops, has been discovered in Michigan, presenting a new management challenge where present.

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  East Michigan vegetable regional report – May 25, 2016

  Published on May 25, 2016
  Dry, warm weather has increased planting and plastic-laying in east Michigan vegetable fields.

• Southwest Michigan vegetable update – April 24, 2019

  Published on April 24, 2019
  Southwest Michigan is off to a “normal” start.