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Pending Legislation that We're Working on for Michigan's Green Industry

a. Governor Snyder's 2013/2014 Budget Recommendations for MI Department of Agriculture & Rural Development, Pesticide & Plant Pest Management Division: Members click here for more information.

Association Report - February 2013

To keep this momentum going, all of our Segment Councils will be meeting at the end of this month to discuss issues and opportunities and to set strategic goals within each. These councils include Landscape Design/Build, Snowplowing/Landscape Management, Irrigation, Grower, Retail, Supplier, and Gen NEXT. If you’d like to get more involved, participating in these councils is a great first step. Contact me today to learn more and to get started.

President's Message - February 2013

As we all know, legislative issues continue to be very important for MNLA and all of us as members need to keep tabs on what is happening. We would like to encourage you to join forces with fellow MNLA members and attend MNLA’s Annual Green Industry Legislative Day on February 14th from 8:00am-12:00pm.

Weed Short Course

9:00a - 3:15p
Washtenaw County Western Service Center
705 N. Zeeb Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Taught by: Dr. Hannah Mathers, OSU; Luke Case, OSU and Randy Zondag, OSU Extension

Pesticide Winter Series

4 MDARD Pesticide Recertification Credits have been approved in Core (Priv. & Comm.), 3A, 3B or 6 for each program day.

MNLA: 
Continuing Education

3PM Report: Barberry Identity Verification and Black Stem Rust Survey

A new highly virulent race of Puccinia graminis, Ug99, which was discovered in East Africa in 1999, has spread to other parts of Africa and to wheat growing regions in the Middle East and Central Asia.  According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the unique thing about Ug99 is the broad spectrum of virulence it exhibits as not only has it defeated the Sr31 resistance gene, a widely used gene that has been effective in wheat for over 30 years, but also most of the resistance genes of wheat origin and other key genes like Sr38 from related species.  Since its

Boxwood Blight Cleanliness Program and Compliance Agreement for Production Nurseries

Photos from top:  Lesions on Buxus; Lesions on leaf surface of Pachysandra; and Lesions on underside of leaf surface. Photos courtesy of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

Pesticide Credit Clinic

ATTENTION: Location of Seminar Has Changed
Seminar will be held at:
U of M Grounds Department
2550 Draper Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Taught by John Stone, Michigan State University Pesticide Safety Program

Boxwood Blight - Plant Health Concern

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