- Michigan Apple Industry Works on Pest Management Strategic Plan
- The need to develop alternatives to organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates (CBs) is behind the push to develop a Pest Management Strategic Plan for Michigan apples.
Speakers Announced for Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference
- Speakers on a variety of topics have been announced for the U.S. Apple Association’s (USApple) 2000 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago on Aug. 16-17.
U.S. Blueberry Producers
Approve National Program
A national generic blueberry promotion program will become a reality, and will be up and running sometime next year, after producers gave the concept a solid vote of confidence in a national referendum.
Clarksville Station to
Celebrate 25th Anniversary
An article in The Great Lakes Fruit Growers News in April 1976 called the site for Michigan State University’s (MSU) new experiment station in Clarksville a “sleeping giant ready to be awakened.”
Cranberry Crop to be
Regulated by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a final rule regulating the volume of cranberries that can be marketed during the 2000-2001 crop year.
Fire Blight Attacks Southwest Michigan; Disaster Aid Sought
An outbreak of fire blight has scorched orchards in Southwest Michigan, causing damage estimated in the millions and forcing the removal of thousands of trees. The epidemic is so severe that it may change the way apples are grown in the region.
Plum Pox Virus Detected in Canada and Another Pennsylvania County
More confirmed cases of the plum pox virus have been found in Canada and in a Pennsylvania county adjacent to the one where the disease was first detected last fall. - The need to develop alternatives to organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates (CBs) is behind the push to develop a Pest Management Strategic Plan for Michigan apples.
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