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2025 Southeast Michigan Vegetable Grower Winter Meeting to be held February 12

Published on December 9, 2024
Whether you’re a large or small vegetable farm, conventional or organic, growers of all types can find value with this year’s educational agenda.
Free online courses on pollinator protection offer a restricted use pesticide (RUP) credit for Michigan certified pesticide applicators

Published on December 6, 2024
Pesticide applicators in Michigan can take a free, self-paced, online course on pollinator protection to earn one RUP credit in categories 1A, 1B, 1C, 2, 3A, 3B, 6, 7A, Commercial Core or Private Core.
Coming up next week at GLEXPO: Pesticide Core Review and MDARD testing, RUP credits, and Worker Protection Safety training in English and Spanish, December 12

Published on December 6, 2024
Register now for the Pesticide Core Review and Worker Protection Safety Training at GLEXPO 2024 on Dec. 12. Participants can take the MDARD RUP test in the afternoon, complete the required EPA WPS training and earn RUP credits.
Veggie chlorpyrifos update for 2025

Published on December 6, 2024
Chlorpyrifos can still be used on all labeled vegetable crops until June 30, 2025, and likely into the future for asparagus.
MSU Extension to host restricted use pesticide review and testing on MSU campus December 19

Published on December 4, 2024
MSU Extension, in partnership with MSU Pesticide Safety Education Program and Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, will host a restricted use pesticide (RUP) review and exam session at the MSU Pavilion on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
Michigan State University Extension to host Planning for Profit Workshop for farmers

Published on December 3, 2024
Michigan State University Extension will host a two-day workshop focused on budgeting and marketing in order to maximize producer profit.
Richard Price joins MSU Extension as a conservation systems educator

Published on December 3, 2024
Price will focus on using precision technologies to promote and benefit increased productivity and profitability in Michigan’s diverse agricultural landscape.
Feedback sought on new resource for new and beginning farmers at 2024 GLEXPO

Published on December 3, 2024
The Beginning Farmer Resource and Decision Making Guide is a new jointly created resource in the works from MSU Extension and USDA.
Michigan irrigation team coming to Great Lakes Expo 2024

Published on November 27, 2024
Speakers at the Great Lakes Expo irrigation session will share information on managing irrigation and improved irrigation practices. Attendees will be introduced to the MSU Irrigation Scheduling App and can receive help with app setup.
Volunteer potato risk in Michigan

Published on November 21, 2024
Learn more about the risks and management of volunteer potatoes.