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Crop Advisory Team Alert newsletters
The CAT Alerts offer pest and crop management advice for current conditions. The information is written by MSU faculty and Extension educators. Fruit: Tree and small fruit commercial production. Vegetables: Muck and upland vegetables and potatoes. Field crops: Corn, soybeans, dry beans, small grains, forages, sugar beets. Landscape: Nursery and landscape settings, turfgrass, Christmas trees, forestry, and home/yard. Greenhouse: Commercial production of garden plants.	Sign up for email notification when new articles are posted.
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*We have had another successful CAT Alert* season. Thank you to all of our readers. The 2009 issues will begin mid-March next year. Recent news in CAT Alerts: Preparing landscapes for winter Insect and mite pest managemen for tree fruit: End of season wrap-up Fall soil management practices for vegetables Reducing soybean harvest losses White rust on mums in greenhouses. Try some of our other IPM resources:** Farmers can earn financial incentives for adopting new IPM practices. Grow easy-care native plants to attract pollinators and beneficial insects. Thinking organic? Visit the multi-state New Agriculture Network.	A lady beetle searches for prey on a pear blossom.

The MSU IPM Program maintains this site as an access point to pest management information at MSU. The IPM Program is administered within the Department of Entomology, fueled by research from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, delivered to citizens through MSU Extension, and proud to be a part of Project GREEEN.
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10/20/08