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  • September 2021 Issue
  • Story by Matt Milkovich
  • MSU opens West-central Michigan research station

    The Earl & Linda Peterson West Michigan Research Station will conduct mainly tree fruit and asparagus research on 68 acres of farmland near Hart, Michigan. (Courtesy Michigan State University) Related: A forgotten fruit region finds itself For the first time in more than three decades, Michigan State University has built a research station from the ground up.  The recently completed Earl & Linda Peterson West Michigan Research Station will conduct mainly tree fruit and asparagus research on 68 acres of farmland near Hart, Michigan, with the goal of better understanding the soil and microclimate specific to the West-central Michigan growing […]

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