Turf Field Day
Thursday, July 21, 2011
8am-2pm

UMass Turf field day will be held at the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center and will focus on Environmental protection.

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Heirloom Grains
July 6th, 2011

A conference on heirloom grains will be held July 14th at the UMass South Deerfield research farm.

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More Massachusetts Greenhouses Using Biological Pest Controls
June 29, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. – A growing number of commercial growers of greenhouse crops in Massachusetts are controlling insect pests with beneficial insects, mites and nematodes, according to floriculture specialists Tina Smith and Paul Lopes from UMass Extension.

Local Cherries Ripe and Ready for the Table, Says UMass Amherst Expert
June 17, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. – If those wonderful summer cherries traveled thousands of miles to reach your table in Boston or Springfield, it’s time to try some local cherries, grown right here in Massachusetts and ripe right now. Jon Clements, extension tree fruit specialist at UMass Amherst, says that local cherries will be perfect from now until early July this year.