• Preparing for a career in meteorology

  Published on December 10, 2015
  If you watch or listen to the weather forecasts, you are familiar with meteorology, and there are career opportunities in this field.

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  Alizadeh joining MSU to help Michigan agriculture, water resources confront extreme weather

  Published on May 28, 2025
  The former MIT postdoctoral associate is bringing his expertise on Earth system science to MSU to help protect Michigan water systems and farms from extreme weather impacts.

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  Some vegetable transplants have had difficulty due to hot weather

  Published on July 13, 2018
  Hot weather during transplanting can lead to increased plant mortality. Follow these steps to minimize losses.

• Sticky business: Mild weather may chill maple syrup season

  Published on February 18, 2012
  While Michigan's unusually warm winter has lifted everyone from construction firms to salt truck drivers, it's no fun for the state's nearly 700 maple syrup producers, who depend on Mother Nature to supply the right temperatures for tapping.

• Dry weather could mean grub damage in lawns

  Published on September 18, 2009
  

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  Using Enviro-weather to monitor European pine sawflies in Michigan

  Published on May 5, 2015
  Monitor growing degree days at a location near you to effectively time preventative spray applications for European pine sawflies.

• Fungicide properties and weather conditions

  Published on June 15, 2010
  

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  Challenges and Successes

  Published on September 17, 2021
  There are always challenges with a public garden, but many successes too!

• Tools to help the Smart Gardener understand weather and pest-related stresses in the landscape

  Published on September 12, 2013
  Enviro-weather online tools help provide answers to statewide landscape problems.

• Honey bee swarms waited for warmer weather

  Published on May 22, 2009
  

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  Southwest Michigan field crop regional report – May 15, 2014

  Published on May 15, 2014
  Recent heavy precipitation and severe weather missed Southwest Michigan. Plan to attend our next St. Joseph County IPM Breakfast meeting May 27.

• Got maggots in your vegetable field?

  Published on May 31, 2012
  Using degree-day models can help vegetable growers figure out when to watch for insect pests such as corn and cabbage maggots.

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  Freeze damage depends on tree fruit stage of development

  Published on March 30, 2021
  Damage from freezes depends on the development stage of the fruit crop. These tables allow you to quickly assess the risk for your tree fruit crops.

• “Burning” of oak leaves associated with trunk injection

  Published on June 27, 2013
  Fall application can reduce risk of injury to oak trees.

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  Christmas tree scouting report - May 18, 2022

  Published on May 20, 2022
  Severe spruce gall midge damage was found in several farms. Disease pressure increasing with new shoot growth.

• 2014 Farm Bill provides additional NAP buy-up coverage for 2012 fruit crop losses

  Published on August 1, 2014
  The 2014 Farm Bill provides retroactive buy-up coverage to Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program producers of eligible non-insurable fruit crops that qualify due to a natural disaster, such as the 2012 freeze.

• American brown rot management during bloom

  Published on May 10, 2011
  Forecasted weather conditions may lead to infection during bloom, resulting in blossom blight symptoms.

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  Warm weather favors anthracnose fruit rot in strawberries

  Published on June 24, 2016
  Warm, wet conditions (even from irrigation) promote fungal disease development in strawberries, in particular anthracnose fruit rot.

• Weather conditions are ideal for Phomopsis diseases (2006)

  Published on May 16, 2006