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Michigan farm weathers ups and downs of growing fruit

August was an interesting month for Bardenhagen Farms. The excitement started Aug. 2, when a nasty hailstorm passed through northwest Michigan, lea... READ MORE »

Michigan hort society president a hands-on leader

Kurt Dowd has been around farms most of his life. So when it came time to transition the family’s historic operation near Hartford, Michigan, away f... READ MORE »

September 2015

Project evaluates photoselective netting Tour teaches bloggers about tart cherry industry Washington’s organic blueberries growing more pr... READ MORE »

BREAKING: Northwest Michigan assesses storm impact

Agricultural businesses were busy assessing storm damage Aug. 3 to orchards and packinghouses following strong thunderstorms overnight in the Grand Tr... READ MORE »

Disease Update: Rots wreaking havoc on stone fruit

The extremely wet weather over the last month has triggered rot issues in both sweet and tart cherries. As a result of the volume of fungal spores fly... READ MORE »

MSU: Spotted wing drosophila, brown marmorated stink bug report

This is the fourth weekly report of the Michigan State University Extension spotted wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring network. A total of six females a... READ MORE »

MSU’s Jim Flore named Cherry Industry Person of the Year

Michigan State University (MSU) horticulture professor Jim Flore was honored as Cherry Industry Person of the Year on July 7.Flore received the honor ... READ MORE »

MRLs could pose trade barrier for U.S. fruit exports

Market pressures are forcing growers to be more aware of the impacts of maximum residue levels (MRLs) on their product. Without attention to detail, t... READ MORE »

Controlling cherry leaf spot in orchards with existing symptoms

Cherry leaf spot is the most important fungal disease of tart cherries in Michigan. The leaf spot fungus, Blumeriella jaapii, typically infects leaves... READ MORE »

2015 Michigan cherry production forecast

Michigan tart cherry production is forecast at 134 million pounds, 34 percent less than the 2014 crop, according to the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Region... READ MORE »

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