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Michigan State University Extension has introduced web portal interface with the internet.
http://www.msue.msu.edu/vanburen/ is our WebPages viewed inside the portal system.
To bust out of the portal frames paste http://web1.msue.msu.edu/vanburen/   into your browser's address line .

Berry Harvest is Here

  Strawberry harvest season is ending.

July is the season for berries; raspberries, black berries and blueberries.  I expect that harvest of these berries will start in about a week at the beginning of July. The harvest season of brambles is fairly short, only a couple of weeks

Blueberry harvest lasts a long time from early July until mid August.  Van Buren County is the leading blueberry producing county in the United States, with 191 blueberry farms and 7,700 acres of blueberries