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• Healthy holiday baking: Part 2, healthy muffins and quick bread flours

  Published on December 15, 2015
  Baking season is upon us. Fresh baked breads, muffins, quick breads, cookies, cakes, and pies can be a highlight of holiday gatherings. This three part series of articles that will assist in making your holiday baking easier and healthier!

• Healthy holiday baking: Part 3, healthy cookies and cakes and pie crust flours

  Published on December 15, 2015
  Baking season is upon us. Fresh baked breads, muffins, quick breads, cookies, cakes, and pies can be a highlight of holiday gatherings. This three part series of articles that will assist in making your holiday baking easier and healthier!

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  New pest scouting bulletins available for free

  Published on December 2, 2015
  Free pest scouting bulletins are now available to field crop, greenhouse, vegetable and perennial crop producers.

• 2015 Thumb Ag Review meetings scheduled for December

  Published on November 18, 2015
  Six meetings are scheduled in December to provide results from the 2015 growing season.

• Plan now for winter storage of pesticides

  Published on November 2, 2015
  Now is the time for producers to plan their pesticide storage for the winter.

• Fertilizer and liming practices for grain crops in the fall

  Published on October 2, 2015
  Fall offers a convenient time option for phosphorus, potassium and lime application in grain crops.

• Grasses and seeds can be nutritious!

  Published on August 28, 2015
  Millet, teff and amaranth are high in fiber and protein and taste good too!

• Top 10 reasons you should attend the 2015 Nutrient Management Update and Plot Tour

  Published on August 24, 2015
  Improved nutrient management practices designed to enhance profitability and environmental stewardship will be featured at the plot tour on Sept. 9, 2015, at MSU.

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  Hay fertilizer and lime demonstration in Chippewa County

  Published on August 24, 2015
  A simple, on-farm demonstration provides a look at the potential for improving yields on hay fields usually managed with low-fertilizer or no-fertilizer inputs.

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  Management suggestions for barley yellow dwarf virus control

  Published on August 20, 2015
  Resistant varieties, weed management and timely planting can all result in limited problems from this occasional disease of small grains.