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Educational program offered to help manage challenges where forests and farms co-exist
Published on June 4, 2018
Forests and Farms event will help producers utilize their natural resources to maximize on-farm profitability. -
Quality assurance – Awareness by making all on the farm aware of what’s in the feed and water
Published on June 1, 2018
Contract growers and all farm animal caretakers should be aware of every time there is a pharmacologic in the feed or water. -
West central Michigan vegetable update – May 30, 2018
Published on May 30, 2018
We are looking forward to cooler weather and rain! -
It can be more difficult to understand employees than cows!
Published on May 30, 2018
Good performance by employees and good management of employees are related, yet each bears personal responsibility for their role. How do we develop both farm employers and employees in their roles? -
Southwest Michigan vegetable update – May 30, 2018
Published on May 30, 2018
From cool and wet to dry and hot, what’s a plant to do? -
Flint, Michigan, area urban agriculture update – May 30, 2018
Published on May 30, 2018
Growers in urban and semi-rural small scale diversified vegetable farm fields, hoophouses and market gardens have battled the high heat in area hoophouses, which helped to dry out farm fields this past week. -
Southeast Michigan vegetable update – May 30, 2018
Published on May 30, 2018
Weather conditions finally allow for planting, but the effects of this spring’s wild weather will remain. -
East Michigan vegetable update – May 30, 2018
Published on May 30, 2018
Warm May temperatures have brought out some bugs. At least some of each type of vegetable crop will be in the ground by the end of the week as a transplant or seed. -
Fruitworm flight activity started, egglaying predicted in earliest blueberry sites
Published on May 29, 2018
Monitoring and degree-day models can inform spray timings. -
East Michigan fruit update – May 29, 2018
Published on May 29, 2018
The next few days will be key for apple thinning. With ragtag bloom still remaining in some apple varieties, the risk of fire blight infection remains high.