Join Michigan State University and fellow growers for weekly Chestnut Chat series
This free series starting in May provides weekly informal sessions about crop updates and research.
Michigan State University Extension will be hosting a series of interactive Chestnut Chat Zoom meetings this 2021 season to allow easy communication between producers and MSU faculty.
These informal weekly sessions will include crop and pest updates from Michigan State University Extension (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 orchard.

Michigan sweet chestnuts. Photo: Erin Lizotte/MSU Extension
These Wednesday sessions will begin May 5 at 12 p.m. and run weekly through Sept. 8. Registration is free but required. Sessions will not be recorded.
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.
– Erin Lizotte and Rob Sirrine, Michigan State University Extension
Michigan sweet chestnuts. Photo: Erin Lizotte/MSU Extension