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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 27, 2025

  Published on May 28, 2025
  Last week was cool, so there wasn’t much movement.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 3 2025

  Published on June 4, 2025
  Surprise frost over the weekend and a heatwave beginning of this week—pure Michigan!

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 25, 2024 

  Published on June 25, 2024
  Harvest is harvesting!

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 20, 2025

  Published on May 21, 2025
  Bloom is cooling off, as is the rest of the state.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – Sept. 8, 2020

  Published on September 8, 2020
  Apple and wine grape harvests are underway. Fall is a good time to test soils for nematodes.

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  Michigan grape scouting report – July 1, 2020

  Published on July 1, 2020
  Vinifera grape bloom is continuing in northern Michigan. Egglaying by the next generation of grape berry moth is expected to start soon in southwest Michigan.

• The Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes at National Level in Malawi Results from the 2017/18 Malawi Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes Endline Survey

  Published on November 2, 2018
  Todd Benson, Zephania Nyirenda, Flora Nankhuni, and Mywish Maredia, 2018. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 73. East Lansing: Michigan State University

• The Quality of Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes at the National Level in Malawi Results from the 2017–18 Malawi Agriculture and Food Security Policy Processes End Line Survey

  Published on September 1, 2018
  Todd Benson, Zephania Nyirenda, Flora Nankhuni, and Mywish Maredia, 2018. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 107. East Lansing: Michigan State University

• Making Fertilizer Use More Effective and Profitable: The Role of Complementary Interventions

  Published on May 1, 2018
  Joseph S. Kanyamuka, Flora J. Nankhuni, Thomas S. Jayne and Moses W. Munthali. May 2018. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 60.

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  West central Michigan tree fruit update – July 9, 2024

  Published on July 9, 2024
  Tart cherry harvest is in full swing. Harvest of early summer peaches may start at the end of the week.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 5, 2020

  Published on May 5, 2020
  A warm weekend moved tree fruit quickly along. Cherries, peaches, pears and plums are blooming.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – May 25, 2021

  Published on May 25, 2021
  With the warm weather came rapid fruit development. Water stress is showing up as a result of the lack of rain in southwest Michigan.

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  Research Aims to Keep Michigan's Tart Cherry Industry Competitive

  Published on April 25, 2012
  Michigan as the No.1 producer of tart cherries un the U.S., but that status could be in jeopardy according to research findings.

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  Fall yard and garden cleanup tips

  Published on November 3, 2022
  Use these fall yard and garden cleanup tips for more success next year.

• The effects early spring had on Michigan juice grapes

  Published on April 19, 2012
  You cannot farm for the exceptions, but be aware they exist.

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  Weighing the risk of cannabis cross-pollination

  Published on July 12, 2019
  Industrial hemp and marijuana growers must work together to ensure a bright future for all sectors of the budding cannabis industry.

• 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.

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  Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – June 8, 2021

  Published on June 8, 2021
  More hot, dry weather imposing a significant challenge across the region.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit update – Aug. 20, 2019

  Published on August 20, 2019
  Summer fruit harvest is winding down. Growers are beginning to harvest plums, pears and early apples.

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  Southwest Michigan fruit regional report – July 5, 2016

  Published on July 5, 2016
  Tart cherry harvest is in full swing in southwest Michigan.