2025 MSU Spring Kick-off hop meeting -ZOOM
April 17, 2025 10:00AM - 12:30PM
Registration Deadline: April 16, 2025 - 11:59PM
ZOOM
Contact: J Robert Sirrine, sirrine@msu.edu, 231-256-9888
Michigan State University Extension is excited to announce that the 2025 Spring kick off ZOOM meeting will be April 17, from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET.
Presenters will discuss updates to the MSU Hop Management Guide, Integrated Pest Management, insect, disease, and weed control, hop fertility management, and calendar of seasonal activities.
AGENDA
10:00 a.m. Welcome
10:00-10:30 a.m. Hop Disease ID and Control, Dr. Tim Miles, MSU
10:30 -11:15 a.m. MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostic Lab Services and Weed ID and Control, Dr. Erin Hill, MSU
11:15-11:45 a.m. Hop fertility management, Abe Isaak, Agroliquid
11:45-12:00 p.m. Hop Integrated Pest Management, Erin Lizotte, MSU
12:00-12:30 p.m. Season activities (MI grower panel led by Rick Kawalski, HHF)
There will also be an update from the Hop Growers of Michigan. RUP Credits will be available.
Cost: FREE, but registration is required https://events.anr.msu.edu/MSUHops2025kickoffZOOM/
MSU will also be hosting a series of interactive, bi-monthly (2x/month) Hop Chat Zoom meetings throughout the 2025 growing season to facilitate communication between hop producers and MSU faculty. The informal sessions will include crop and pest updates from MSU Extension’s Rob Sirrine and Erin Lizotte. In addition, MSU faculty will drop in to address timely issues and provide research project updates. Bring your field notes too! We want to hear what’s going on in your hopyard. Keep an eye out for registration details.
This material is based on work supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Crop Protection Pest Management Program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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