Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station
NW Michigan Horticultural Research Foundation
Regularly Updated Articles
(Newsletter, Fruit-Net, IPM News, eNews, Apple Maturity, Fruit CAT)
(GAP) Good Agricultural Practices Information
Pest and Disease Models
(http://enviroweather.msu.edu/home.asp)
Osmia cornifrons (Hornfaced Bee) Information
Growth Stages
at the NW Station Orchards
Trap Counts (PDF file)
New "FARM" Program Application (New Farmer Assistance & Resource Management Program)
Images of the Remodeled Office/Lab Facility
Farmstead Verification
The Northwest Station is a multidisciplinary horticultural facility focusing on fruit production, specializing in tart and sweet cherry. MSU departments currently affiliated with research at the Station include Horticulture, Botany and Plant Pathology, Entomology, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics, Geography and Food Science. Research that at one time focused on strictly production issues is shifting to address more environmentally related agricultural issues.
There are currently approximately 70 applied research projects underway at the research station. MSU Extension has a very important role in serving the grower community, as well. We maintain a computerized telephone information system to keep growers abreast of real-time information, plus have developed a weekly newsletter delivered via fax and email during the growing season. We also generate newsletters, numerous programs with the media, organize educational programs, answer grower questions, and much more.
Hours
Monday through Friday
from 8 am to 5 pm.
Directions (View Map)
From the M-22 / M-72
West intersection in Traverse City take M-22 North toward Suttons Bay for
4 miles to Crain Hill Rd. Follow Crain Hill approximately 3/4 mile
to S. Center Hwy (County Rd 633). Turn right (north) on S. Center
Hwy and continue north for approximately 3 miles. The Research Station
is located on the left hand (west) side of S. Center Hwy a 1/2 mile north
of the Bingham Rd intersection.
NW Michigan Horticultural Research Station
6686 S. Center Hwy
Traverse City, MI 49684
Voice: 231/946.1510
Fax: 231/946.1404
Fruit "Code-a-phone": 231/947.3063
nwmihort@msu.edu
Please send any comments or suggestions
regarding this site to:
Bill Klein, kleinw@msu.edu
Last Revised: 12-17-09
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