MSUE
Fruit AOE Team
Fruit AoE Methods of Outreach
(listing of programs, newsletters, etc.)
Meetings:
- Michigan State Horticultural Society Annual Meeting
& Show - first week of December
Field Agents and Campus Specialist coordinate educational
sessions.
- Northwest Michigan Orchard Show - Late January or Early February.
Educational sessions are on Cherry topics,
- Southwest Michigan Horticulture Days - first week of February
Educational sessions are on tree fruits, grapes and vegetables topics.
- Michigan State Horticultural Society: Regional
"Spring" Meetings - February
Grand Rapids, Southeast MI, West Central MI
- Benzie-Manistee Horticultural Show - 3rd week of March
Theme mainly apples
topics,
- Heartland Coalition: Mid-West grape meetings - Michigan, Indiana
& Ohio, location rotates.
- IPM Regional Updates: in
season weekly/Bi-weekly meetings.
Theme is the current pest situation and review of the changes to the Fruit Pest Control
Guide.
Statewide Schools:
Usually held at
Kellogg Biological Station, these schools are mult-day intensive eduction sessions
- MSU Fruit School - 3rd week of January
- MSU Tree Fruit IPM School - 2nd week of
February
- MSU Cranberry School - winter
- MSU Blueberry School - On even numbered
years in November
- MSU Strawberry or Raspberry School - once
third year in January
Newsletters:
- Fruit Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alert
- statewide from MSU IPM Program, weekily during the growing
season.
- regional reports by extension agents and articles by agents and campus specialists.
- Fruit Notes
- monthly in Fruit Growers News newspaper
- numerous articles by articles by agents and campus
specialists.
- Tree Fruit News
- information for growers in Antrim, Benzie, Grand
Traverse, Leelanau counties
- District Fruit News
- information for growers in Southwest and South Central Michigan
- Minutes and Extension News
- information for growers in the
West Central counties of Oceana, Mason & Manistee
- West Michigan Fruit Notes
- information for growers in Ionia,
Kent, Ottawa, Montcalm, Muskegon & Newaygo counties
- SW Michigan Fruit Newsletter'
- (faxed) In season fruit pest and harvest maturity
information for growers in Southwest Michigan,
- Northern Michigan Fruit Net:
- (faxed) In season fruit pest
and production information for growers in Northern Michigan.
- The Trellis
- to grape interests in Grand Traverse, Leelanau counties.
- It is also the communication tool for Parallel 45 Vines and Wines, a grower group
- Fruit AoE Web Sites are listed on
the Michigan Fruit Links page.
- Many of these sites contain postings of these newsletters.
Code-A-Phone/s: In each
of the Michigan fruit districts, are updated weekly in season.
- County
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- Code-A-Phone #
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- Flint
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- (810) 732-1005
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- Berrien
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- (269) 944-4126 X 1
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- Van Buren
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- (269) 657-6380
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- Grand Rapids
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- (616) 451-8065
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- Oceana
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- (888) 345-0515
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- Benzie
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- (231) 882-0036
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- Traverse City
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- (231) 947-3063
(877) 722-3388
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