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Holding greenhouse crops – When temperature and PGRs don’t suffice
Published on April 16, 2020
Greenhouse growers may have to move plants outdoors, cut plants back or throw plants away to make room for new material. -
Cold temperatures extend application timing for crabgrass preemergence herbicides
Published on April 16, 2020
Cold soil temperatures should extend timing for crabgrass preemergence herbicide applications. -
MI Local Governments Finances and COVID-19
Published on April 16, 2020
In order to assist our community members and partners, the Center for Local Government Finance and Policy has compiled brief overviews of COVID-19 response efforts as well as potential implications and impacts for local governments. -
Michigan’s 2020 Citizen Science Lake Monitoring Program
Published on April 15, 2020
The Cooperative Lakes Monitoring Program is on hiatus until 2021, but there are lake monitoring options for 2020. -
How to identify and manage yellow woodsorrel in nurseries and greenhouses
Published on April 15, 2020
New fact sheet on identifying and controlling yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta) in nurseries and greenhouse container production. -
Introduction to cost of production and its uses part 2
Published on April 15, 2020
Part 2: Fixed costs -
Introduction to cost of production and its uses part 5
Published on April 15, 2020
Part 5: Marketing and break-evens -
Introduction to cost of production and its uses part 1
Published on April 15, 2020
Part 1: Variable costs -
Introduction to cost of production and its uses part 4
Published on April 15, 2020
Part 4: Agronomic & nutritional inputs -
Planting sweet corn based on growing degree days is the best way to assure a constant supply
Published on April 15, 2020
Sweet corn growers should stagger plantings based on actual growing degree days (GDDs) and not on how many days have passed since the previous planting. -
Introduction to cost of production and its uses part 6
Published on April 15, 2020
Part 6: Financial costs & farm records -
New podcast on forest invaders and the researchers who aim to stop them
Published on April 15, 2020
Produced by the USDA and supported by MSU Entomology, the first season of Forestcast features scientists and their work with the most damaging forest insects in the Northeast and Midwest. -
Introduction to cost of production and its uses part 3
Published on April 15, 2020
Part 3: Direct vs variable and fixed costs -
COVID 19 and its Impact on Nutrition and Health of Vulnerable People in Nigeria
Published on April 14, 2020
The second panel discussion of the Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project Scholars Program's informational series on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigeria. -
How Much Economic Pain is too Much in Combating COVID-19 in the Developing World?
Published on April 14, 2020
In the absence of immediate and enormous commitments from the global community to support incomes in the developing world, we must ask how much economic pain is too much as we combat the spread of COVID-19 in these countries. -
Northwest Michigan fruit update – April 14, 2020
Published on April 14, 2020
Cold weather continues this week and these cold conditions have slowed plant, pest and disease development. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – April 14, 2020
Published on April 14, 2020
Apricot bloom has begun in southwest Michigan. Cold, windy weather could cause freeze injury to the most advanced flowering fruit crops. -
Fina's new pub out on microbiome co-occurrence networks in the apple root zone
Published on April 14, 2020
Fina Bintarti, a ShadeLab Ph.D. student in Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, has published her first lead-author ShadeLab paper in the journal Phytobiomes today (AOP)! Woot! -
Charrettes go virtual: A state-of-the-art process helps a community stay-the-course during COVID-19
Published on April 14, 2020
COVID-19 impacts inspire a virtual master planning charrette process, to be highlighted by an upcoming webinar series. -
MSU Extension Farm Stress Program partners to connect farmers with mental health services
Published on April 14, 2020
Farmers can now access counseling with licensed therapists via teletherapy.