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EPA’s dicamba cancellation order: What does this mean for Michigan farmers?
Published on June 11, 2020
Options for weed control in Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean. -
Southeast Michigan vegetable update – June 10, 2020
Published on June 10, 2020
Warmer temperatures bring plant growth but have also dried soils. -
Southwest Michigan vegetable update – June 10, 2020
Published on June 10, 2020
Ten days of dry weather helped with field activities. -
Michigan chestnut scouting report – June 10, 2020
Published on June 10, 2020
Winter injury is evident around Michigan and potato leafhopper have arrived. -
West central Michigan vegetable update – June 10, 2020
Published on June 10, 2020
Be on guard for an earlier than normal foliar disease season and migratory insects. -
Michigan grape scouting report – June 10, 2020
Published on June 10, 2020
Hybrid and juice grape bloom has started in southern Michigan. The warm weather has increased the number of phomopsis reports around the state. -
East Michigan vegetable update – June 10, 2020
Published on June 10, 2020
Ground preparation, planting, irrigating, weed-insect-disease control and harvesting: growers were doing it all this week. -
East Michigan fruit update – June 9, 2020
Published on June 9, 2020
Warmer temperatures brought a good amount of new growth in all fruit crops and rapid rise of growing degree day totals. Strawberry harvest will begin later this week at some farms. Soils continue to dry quickly. -
Low cost spray program for tart cherry diseases
Published on June 9, 2020
Some orchards have a smaller crop of tart cherries. Here are recommendations for low cost spray programs for cherry leaf spot. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 9, 2020
Published on June 9, 2020
Blueberry bloom is ending. Strawberries are starting to color. Tree fruit are rapidly increasing in size