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Managing Family Finances: When You’re Unemployed

Offers tips for managing finances after losing a job.

Fact SheetMI

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Animal Welfare at the Fair: Heat stress

This article discusses how to maintain good animal welfare and animal care to prevent heat stress in animals as part of the 4-H animal science experience at fairs and expositions.

Fact SheetHeatwave+1MI

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Reducing Heat Stress for You and Your Employees

This article shares information about what heat stress is, how to prevent and treat it, and provides resources for employers and employees.

Fact SheetHeatwaveMI

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Heat Stress in Cattle: Recognizing the Signs and Tips to Keep your Cattle Cool

This article details what signs to look for in cattle during heatwaves along with tips to manage and reduce livestock heat stress.

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Practical Heat Stress Abatement Strategies for Dairy Cows

This article provides several management strategies to help cows cope with heat stress minimizing its negative effects.

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Minimizing the Risk of Heat Stress in Pigs During Transportation

Pork producers know that transportation can be stressful for pigs. Hot, humid weather conditions during transportation events increase stress in pigs, sometimes leading to death. This article address…

Fact SheetHeatwave+1MI

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Keeping Foods Out of the Temperature Danger Zone

This fact sheet details how to keep perishable foods safe in the event of power loss. Available in English, Spanish and Arabic.

Fact SheetWildfire+2MI

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Wildfire-resistant Landscape Plants for Michigan

Selecting the correct landscape plants to place next to or near your home could save it from catching fire. When wildfires occur, the fire moves along the ground or through brush or forests by igniti…

Fact SheetWildfire

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Climate and Health Adaptation Planning Guide for Michigan Communities

The climate is changing in the Great Lakes Region (Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments [GLISA], n.d.). The average temperature, the frost-free season, total precipitation, and the number …

Planning GuideNaturally OccurringMI

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Keeping Food Safe Before and After a Flood

When a natural disaster such as a flood strikes a community, the risk of getting a foodborne illness increases. Take the proper precautions before and after a flood to ensure the safety of your food.

Fact SheetFloodMI

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Keeping Food Safe After a Fire

Residential fires are, unfortunately, a common occurrence. Some 2 million American homes are damaged or destroyed by fire yearly. In the aftermath of fire, people are left to salvage their lives and …

Fact SheetFireMI

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Preparing an Emergency Food Kit

Fact sheet that highlights what an individual or family needs to have on hand to be prepared for a natural disaster.

Fact SheetMI

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Keeping Food Safe During a Power Outage

Fact sheet that provides tips to keep food safe before, during and after a power outage

Fact SheetPower OutageMI

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IPM and Related Information

Integrated Pest Management Resources website that contains resources for managing field crops and pests; also of interested to homeowners (termites).

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Using & Storing Nonfat Dry Milk

Nonfat dry milk is convenient to store, easy to use and inexpensive. Describes storing and using dry milk to get the most value.

Fact SheetMI

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MSU Extension Weather – Drought

The MSU Extension Weather – Drought resource page provides timely information to agricultural producers as weather conditions impact their operation.

WebsiteDroughtMI

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Is food safe after a fire?

Offers information on usability of food exposed to fire and steps to decontaminate canned goods and cookware exposed to fire-fighting chemicals.

MediaFireMI

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Protect Your Michigan Home from Wildfire

Focuses on ways a homeowner can protect their home from the threat of fire.

Fact SheetWildfireMI

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Safe Food after a Tornado

This fact sheet details how to properly and safely handle food after a tornado has struck.

Fact SheetTornadoMI

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Understanding Wildfire Behavior in Michigan

This publication focuses on wildfires in Michigan and their behavior. It also looks at how to keep your house safe in case of a wildfire.

Fact SheetWildfireMI

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Biosecurity for Livestock Exhibitors

This publication focuses on the safety and health of livestock when exhibitors. It provides a guideline for farmers to better ensure the health of their livestock when they are exhibited, including p…

Fact SheetBiohazardMI

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Biosecurity for Livestock and Poultry Exhibitions

This publication focuses on the health of livestock and poultry used for exhibits. The guidelines are to be used to help the exhibit managers ensure the health and safety of the animals brought to be…

Fact SheetBiohazardMI

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Biosecurity Guide for Livestock Farm Visits

Three-page fact sheet containing important information about farm visits, and how to reduce the risks of harmful agents from coming into contact with livestock. Speaks to the agriprofessional who mak…

Fact SheetBiohazardMI

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Pricing and Use of Immature Corn as Silage for Beef Cattle

Assists producers in determining optimum strategies for using field corn that did not mature due to drought stress, early death due to frost, etc.

ManualWinter Weather+1MI

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