Pesticide Safety & Education Program

• Aug 28

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Hot Topics! (RUP/CCA)

  August 28, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is the second edition of Hot Topics! with all MSU Educators and Specialists

• Sep 4

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Using Yield Data (RUP/CCA)

  September 4, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is using yield data with Rich Price.

• Sep 11

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Grain Marketing (CCA only)

  September 11, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is grain marketing with the MSU Extension Farm Business Team.

• Sep 17

  What’s That? Major Pest Problems in Nursery Crops Webinar Series

  September 17, 2025 12:30PM – 2:00PM Online

  This webinar will discuss the biology, behavior, and damage associated with insect and mite pests, such as aphids, thrips, spider mites, flea beetles, spongy moth, bronze birch borer, and pear leaf blister mite.

• Sep 18

  Field Crops Virtual Breakfast Series: Late Season Weed Control (RUP/CCA)

  September 18, 2025 7:00AM – 8:00AM Zoom

  This free, weekly series provides timely and relevant information on rapidly changing field crop and environmental conditions, pests and diseases. This week's topic is late season weed control with Dr. Christy Sprague.

• Sep 24

  What’s That? Major Pest Problems in Nursery Crops Webinar Series

  September 24, 2025 12:30PM – 2:00PM Online

  This webinar will highlight: rust pathogens, apple scab, shothole leaf spot, fire blight, septoria leaf spot, adelgids, white pine weevil, and needlecast diseases.

• Oct 1

  What’s That? Major Pest Problems in Nursery Crops Webinar Series

  October 1, 2025 12:30PM – 2:00PM Online

  This webinar will cover several diseases commonly diagnosed at MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics. Topics will include powdery and downy mildews, rusts, leaf spots, viruses, and several diseases that commonly affect boxwood.