Peters Visits MSU Horticulture Center to Highlight Need to Pass His Bipartisan SWAT Act to Address Invasive Fly Hurting Michigan Fruit Growers
May 13, 2023
May 13, 2023
HOLT, Michigan, May 13 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) visited Michigan State University's (MSU) Horticulture Teaching and Research Center to highlight the need to pass his bipartisan SWAT Act, which would help reduce the spread of spotted wing drosophila (SWD). SWD is an invasive insect that continues to hurt growers in Michigan and across the country by laying their eggs in soft-skinned fruit crops such as cherries . . .
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) visited Michigan State University's (MSU) Horticulture Teaching and Research Center to highlight the need to pass his bipartisan SWAT Act, which would help reduce the spread of spotted wing drosophila (SWD). SWD is an invasive insect that continues to hurt growers in Michigan and across the country by laying their eggs in soft-skinned fruit crops such as cherries . . .