West Central Spring Horticulture Meeting 2025
March 25, 2025 9:00AM - 3:30PM Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Registration Deadline: March 24, 2025 - 11:45PM
West Central Michigan Horticulture Research & Extension Center, 5185 N. Oceana Dr., Hart, MI 49420
Contact: Emily Lavely, lavelyem@msu.edu or Oceana MSU Extension at 231-873-2129
The meeting will provide attendees with updated information related to commercial tree fruit production. The program will start with a MAEAP update and a MDARD update on regenerative agriculture. Dr. Randy Beaudry will discuss work being done on lenticel breakdown in apples. Following Dr. Beaudry's talk information will be shared about the biocontrol efforts against Spotted-wing Drosophila, updated information on water rules from the Produce Safety Team and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Dr. George Sundin will discuss the various tree fruit diseases for the 2025 growing season. Dr. Emily Lavely will complete the morning with demonstration on advanced technology sprays in systems in orchards.
The afternoon will feature presentations on precision agriculture in tree fruit systems and the use of drones to hone in on cherry crop yield. The afternoon will conclude with outdoor demonstrations and a show-and-tell of precision agriculture case study in tart cherries.
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