Cranberry Crop Management Journals
2025
CCMJ–Vol 38, Issue 0
Thanks to valuable feedback from cranberry growers in the 2024 Cranberry Outreach Needs Assessment, the Cranberry Crop Management Journal is being paused in its current form. To join the invitation list for Virtual Brown Bag Lunches and other events and communications, contact allison.jonjak@wisc.edu and fruit.wisc.edu
2024
- Survey: Exploring Grower Strategies for Cranberry Vine Cutting Handling and Management Practices Across North America
- Weed of the Week: Foxtails
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Weed of the Week: Smartweeds and Tearthumbs
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Weed of the Week: Sticktights and Beggarticks
- Soil and Tissue Sampling Window Begins
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Weed of the Week: Swamp Dodder
- Evaluating a Farmer’s Risk Tolerance
- A Letter From Christelle Guédot: New Role Update
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- WCRS Update: Beth Workmaster Retirement
- Research Experiences With QuinStar 4L in Cranberries
- Allison Jonjak Role Transition
- Weed of the Week: Northern St. Johnswort
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Corrections
- A Potential New Tool for Phosphorus Management: Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria
- Scouting Notes (False Blossom, BNLH Range, Spongy Moth)
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Mid-May Hail
- Using EPA Bulletins Live Two
- Sign-up for the SAME Newsletter!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- 2024 Spring Mini Clinic Recap
- Vine Bronzing: What To Do Next?
- Frost Protection: Considering Wind Speed and Dew Point
- Sign-up for the SAME Newsletter!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2023
- Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program: Lessons From Year 1
- Finding Harvest Truck Drivers in a Tight Labor Market
- Expanding our Cranberry Crop Management Archives
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Multispectral Imaging for Cranberry Production Improvement
- Beneficial Microbes Living Inside Cranberry Plants
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Soil and Tissue Sampling Window Begins
- Diazinon Shortage and Future Production: Final Update?
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Red-Headed Flea Beetle
- Beneficial Soil Bacteria – Role in Agriculture
- How Can AgrAbility Help You This Growing Season?
- Evaluating An Unusual After-Flood Residue
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Cranberry Back to Basics Course Available Online
- Bee Productivity Observations
- Weed Management Research Update
- Cranberry Crop Management Journal Time Machine
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Wisconsin Cranberry Fungicide Update 2023
- Introducing Dr. Shinya Ikeda, USDA–ARS Cranberry Food Scientist
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- The First Report of Fertile Andean Blueberry – American Cranberry Hybrids Has Been Published
- Sprayer Calibration
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Can We Use “Big Data” To Add Precision and Make Management Decisions in Cranberry?
- Cranberry Biological Insecticide: Spear-Lep
- 2023 Cranberry Mini-Clinic Recap
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2022
- The Development and Evolution of Cranberry Genetic Profiles: Perry Red, or Crowley, That Is the Question.
- Is Metabolic Herbicide Resistance the Straw That Will Break Weed Management’s Back?
- Spotted Lantern Fly: Wisconsin Cranberries Less at Risk Than Other Crops/Locations
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Bad: Reconsidering Potassium Fertilization in Cranberries
- Growth of Vegetation and Growth of Berries
- Video: Walk With Care in Cranberry Beds
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Cranberry Viruses
- Calculating Percent Out of Bloom
- Extension’s New Farm Management Outreach Specialist to Focus on Financial and Risk Management for Successful Farm Businesses
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Biological Control in the Cranberry Agroecosystem
- Who is Pollinating the Cranberries? Find Out with 2+ Years of Data from WiBee!
- Meet Stephanie Plaster, the New Extension Farm Management Outreach Specialist
- Calculating Percent in Bloom
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 2
- Vegetative Side-Shoots
- Leafhoppers Are Starting To Show Up
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 1
- Walk With Care in Cranberry Beds
- Think “Safety First” This Season
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- 2022 Spring Mini Clinic Recap
- Early Season Update: Late Spring and Hail
- CranCam Update 2022
- Three Years’ Growth at WCRS Breeding Plots
- Orthene (acephate), Pollinator Activity, and Yield
- Newly-registered Insecticide: Fanfare
- Early Spring Recommendation for Cold Protection and Fertilization Plans
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2021
- A Phosphorous Water Sampling Protocol for Growers
- “Why Leaves Turn Red”—and Cranberries, Too?
- Revisiting the Insecticide Avaunt
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- EPA Bans the Use of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) On All
Food Crops - Sunscald and Fruit Rot
- Two Weeks Left to Sample Tissues and Soils
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Summer Field Day Letter from the Editor
- Updates on Crancam—Phenotyping Cranberry Genotypes
- Cranberry False Blossom Update and Leaf Spot Diseases
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Reviewing Critical Cranberry Irrigation Thresholds
- Red-Headed Flea Beetle Showing Up at Marshes
- Exploring Soil Health in Cranberries
- WiBee 2021 Surveys: Preliminary Numbers
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- High Soil pH: Understanding Plant Nutrition in Cranberries
- Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi & Cranberry: Mutualisms with Potential
- Progress on the 2021 Pesticide Screening Program
- Revisiting the insecticide: Actara
- WiBee Survey Call
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Check Out the VacciniumCAP Newsletter
- Disease Pressure Lessons From Thermal Imagery
- Wildflower Plantings Increase Bee Diversity on Cranberry Marshes
- Drought Monitoring Resources for Cranberry Crops in the Midwest—Through the Seasons
- Do You Grow a Pollinator-Dependent Crop? Please Take Our Quick Grower Survey!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Tank Mixing 101
- Who Is Pollinating the Cranberries? Find Out With WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App
- Newly-Registered Insecticide: Danitol
- DIY Nematode Ranching
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- 2021 Spring Mini-Clinic Recap
- Cranberry Fungicide Update 2021
- Posting Pesticide Use
- Watching For Leafhoppers This Spring and Summer
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2020
- We’re Checking the Yield on Our Trials! Here’s What To Look Forward To at Cranberry School 2021
- Novel Bio-Insecticide Demonstrations and Advances in Spray Timing
- Sprinkling, Flooding, and Harvest Logistics Into Dormancy
- Thank You To Our Updating Growers
- A Quick Trip Behind the Scenes of the CCMJ
- Managing Weeds in Pollinator Gardens
- Welcome Dr. Leslie Holland Here—Your New Extension Fruit Pathologist
- Coloring Up
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- A New Chapter in Breeding and Genetics Underway at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
- Guidelines on How To Estimate Yield in Beds
- What About Those Late-Season Grasses?
- It’s Tissue Sampling Season!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Promoting Wild Pollinators in Wisconsin Cranberry
- How to Fertilize Areas With Winter Damage or Leaf Drop
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Observations from the Field
- Hungry Nematodes in Wisconsin Cranberry Marshes
- Stresses Can Stack: A Cranberry Case Study
- Cranberries: New Reduced Risk Insecticide, Verdepryn
- Video – Leafhoppers in Cranberry: Should We Pay Attention to Them?
- Consider Buying Harvest PPE Now
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Observations from the Field
- Winter Damage in Northern Wisconsin
- Introducing Dr. Leslie Holland, Our Incoming Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Fruit Pathology
- WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Video: “Murder Hornets” and Their Interactions With Honeybees
- Early Herbicide Success Keeps Late Season Budget in Check
- Easy Online Resources to Help Anticipate and Understand High Precipitation Weather Events
- Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee: A Beloved Bumble Bee That Needs Our Help!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Frequently Wondered Questions About Frost Tolerance
- Should You Use an Adjuvant With Your Insecticides?
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Adjusting Soil pH for Cranberry Production
- Virtual Cranberry Mini-Clinic Summary
- Update from the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
- Grower Update: Gardner Cranberry
- Introducing Allison Jonjak: New Cranberry Outreach Specialist UW-Madison Division of Extension
- Introducing Dr. Jyostna Mura, USDA-ARS Cranberry Physiologist
- Resource for Cranberry Growers Regarding COVID-19
2019
- Observations from the Field
- Factors affecting Fruit Growth in Cranberry
- Reduce Risk Insecticide: Exirel
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Reduced Risk Insecticide: Entrust
- Red Headed Flea Beetles are Back
- Summer Field Day Mini-Clinics Schedule
- Fond Farewell
- Grower Updates
- Leafhoppers
- Fertilization Recommendations
- Hearing Protection
- WSCGA Summer Meeting
- Grower Updates
- Pros & Cons of Proline
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station update
CCMJ — Vol 32, Issue 2 (May 31, 2019)
- Chlorpyrifos update
- White Grub & Sparg
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 32, Issue 1 (May 15, 2019)
- Observations from the Field
- Promoting Wild Bees
- Grower Updates
2018
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 6 (Sept 12, 2018)
- Degree Days
- Cranberry Insect Lures
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 5 (Aug 12, 2018)
- Degree Days
- Cranberry False Blossom
- Observations from the field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 4 (July 27, 2018)
- Evaporative Cooling
- Movento for tipworm
- Degree Days
- Nozzle selection, calibration and adjuvents
- Farm Tech Days update
- Observations from the field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 3 (June 7, 2018)
- Degree Days
- WPS Update
- Cranberry Weed Management
- Farm Tech Days Update
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 2 (May 18, 2018)
- Degree Days
- Growing DDs as a tool
- Cranberry Tipworm
- Pheromone Loading differences
- WPS Training Requirements
- Farm Tech Days Update
- Grower Updates
- Observations from the Field
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 1 (May 2, 2018)
- Degree Days
- 2018 Fungicide Update
- Chilling Hours
- Historical Reflection
- Interesting Bee Buzz
- Cranberry at Wisconsin Farm Tech Days
- Grower Updates
2017
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 10 (Dec 4, 2017)
- 2017 Reflection
- Suppression of Cranberries Grown from Seed by Pre-emergent Herbicides
- 2017 Crop Review and Observations
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 9 (Nov 7, 2017)
- Research Station
- Cranberry Genetics and Genomics Lab Update
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 8 (Sept 5, 2017)
- Degree Days
- Observations from the field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 7 (Aug 14, 2017)
- Weevil
- Yellow Vine Syndrome
- Nutrient Management: Tissue Sampling
- Observations from the Field
- Tissue Nutrient Analysis
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 6 (July 24, 2017)
- Degree-Days
- Summer Field Day Annoucement
- Redheaded Flea Beetle
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 4 (June 14, 2017)
- Practices to Improve Pollination
- Degree-Day Maps
- Fungicide Timing
- Identifying Frost Damage in Cranberry Buds
- Observations from the Field
- Photos from Spring Grower Meetings
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 3 (May 22, 2017)
- Honeybee Hive Placement
- Fungicide Application
- Fungicide Planning
- GDD and Plant Phenology
- Bed Moisture Mapping
- Degree-Day Maps
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 2 (May 8, 2017)
- Growing Degree-Day
- 2017 Fungicide Update
- Did I Lose My Casaron?
- Nitrogen Fertilizer Requirements
- Grower Update
2016
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 10 (Oct 9, 2016)
- Worker Protection Standards Manual
- Cranberry Survey Requests
- Degree-Day Maps
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 9 (Sept 9, 2016)
- Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation Update
- Flea Beetle Management
- Building Next Year’s Reserves
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 8 (Aug 10, 2016)
- Upcoming Degree-Day Benchmarks
- Timing of Insecticide Application
- Cranberry Nutrient Management: Potassium
- Observations from the Field
- Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 7 (July 18, 2016)
- Cranberry Nutrient Management: Phosphorus
- Insecticide Profile: Delegate
- Observations from an Intern
- Early Rot
- Identifying Early Rot in the Field
- From the Editor’s Desk
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 6 (June 27, 2016)
- Cranberry Nutrient Management: Nitrogen
- A Study on Flower Differentiation in Cranberry
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 5 (June 17, 2016)
- Bogside Questions and Answers
- A Study on Flower Differentiation in Cranberry
- Observations from the Field
- Growing Degree Days
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 4 (May 30, 2016)
- Upcoming Degree-Day Benchmarks
- Viruses
- Observations from the Field
- Revisiting the Insecticide Intrepid
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 3 (May 9, 2016)
- Degree Day Modeling in Cranberry
- Cottonball Control
- Indar Label
- Spring Nitrogen Fertilizer Application
- Generic Version of Callisto in Wisconsin
- Revisiting the Insecticide Confirm
- Spring Thoughts
- Cranberry Juice for Heart Health
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 2 (April 25, 2016)
- Blueberry Phytoplasma in Cranberry
- Rose Chafer
- 2016 Fungicide Update
- Spring had Sprung
- Bravo Status
- TSV Bulletin
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 1 (April 6, 2016)
- Dew Point
- New Wisconsin Fruit Website and Newsletter
- Early Season Grower Workshops
- Grower Updates
2015
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 10 (October 30, 2015)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Pest Management
- Grower Update
- Soil, Tissue, and Water Tests
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 9 (Sept 18, 2015)
- Biocontrol Agents Kill Sparganothis and Cranberry Fruitworm: preliminary data on native nematode species
- Obersvations from the field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 8 (Aug 28, 2015)
- Observations from a cranberry road trip
- Cranberry fruitworm
- Obersvations from the field
- Red Shoot
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 7 (Aug 14, 2015)
- NDVI Imagery for use in cranberry production
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 6 (July 31, 2015)
- Cranberry Flea Beetle
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 5 (July 10, 2015)
- Soil nutrient interactions and their impact on cranberry nutrition
- Cranberry Viruses
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 4 (June 12, 2015)
- Blackheaded Fireworm
- Bee Literate, Bee Healthy, Bee Respectful
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 3 (May 29, 2015)
- Cranberry Weevil
- Which St. Johnswort was it again?
- WCREF announces WI cranberry leadership development program for 2015-16
- Cottonball Symptoms: what to look for
- Cranberry Leafminer
- Observations from the Field
- Flooding and “Hot Spots”
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 2 (May 18, 2015)
- Cranberry Genetics
- Soil Sampling on New Plantings
- Early Season Insect Control and Grower Update
- Observations from the Field
- Pre-bloom sprays: any benefit?
- Sparganothis Fruitworm
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 1 (May 1, 2015)
- Sparganothis Fruitworm
- Fungicide Update
- Weed Wiping
- Cranberry Cold Hardiness
- Hiring Sources
2014
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 7 (Aug 29, 2014)
- Cranberry Virus Update
- Cranberry Tissue Testing: bulletin provided as reference for tissue testing
- Update from the Fruit Crop Entomology Laboratory
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 6 (July 24, 2014)
- Revisiting the Insecticide – Assail
- Altacor Insecticide: A Good Fit for Cranberry IPM Programs
- Observations From the Field
- A Visit to a Cranberry Reservoir
- Mating Disruption Despite Heavy Fruitworm Pressure
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 5 (July 3, 2014)
- Cranberry Viruses
- What Pesticide Can I Use?
- 2014 Summary of Handler Pesticide
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 4 (June 24, 2014)
- Weed Profile: Swamp Dodder
- Pesticide Use and Pollinator Protection
- Toxicity to Bees Chart
- New EPA bee advisory box on labels
- UW Extension cranberry specialists
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 3 (June 6, 2014)
- When and how long to flood for insect control
- New insecticide registered on cranberry
- Proposed changes to worker protection standards
- EPA proposed changes
- Comparisons to existing protections
2013
CCMJ — Vol 26, Issue 4 (July 23, 2013)
- Survey for Tobacco Streak Virus
- Sample Collection Protocol
CCMJ — Vol 26, Issue 1 (May 10, 2013)
- 2013 Cranberry Fungicide Update
- Observations from the Filed
- Purple Martins on Cranberry Marshes
2012
CCMJ — Vol 25, Issue 8 (Sept 4, 2012)
- Fruit Rot Update
- An Eye Opening Summer
- Observations from the Field
- Osprey: A Success Story
- Sustainable Cranberry Production
CCMJ — Vol 25, Issue 7 (August 7, 2012)
- Record-breaking 2012 Spring
- Arthropods in the Spring “Trash Floods”
- Japanese Beetles Menu Includes Cranberry
- Observations from the Field
2011
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 6 (August 30, 2011)
- 2011 Bug Floods
- Observations from the Field- Sojka
- Observations from the Field- Cira
- Cranberry Cultivar Genetic Survey
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 5 (August 1, 2011)
- Cranberry Girlder Managment
- Observations from teh Field- Cira
- Observations from the Field- Sojka
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 4 (July 15, 2011)
- Early Rot
- Fact Sheet– Identifying Early Rot
- Observations from the Field- Sojka
- Observations from the Field- Cira
- Fireflies and Horse Flies
- Caddisflies
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 3 (June 8, 2011)
- Another St. Johnswort to Worry About…
- Understanding Frost and Frost Protection
- When Hail Happens
- Observations from the Field
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 2 (May 25, 2011)
- Cranberry Bed Establishment from Plugs
- Keeping and Eye Out for Creeping Red Fescue
- Observations from the Field
- Cottonball Control
- McManus Sabbatical
- Cranberry Development in Newfoundland
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 1 (May 6, 2011)
- 2011 Cranberry Fungicide Update
- Welcome Shawn Steffan
- Welcome Juan Zalapa
- Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic
2010
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 9 (November 3, 2010)
- Fruit Rot in 2010
- Observations from the Field
- CCMJ Sponsors
- Can Alternative Energy Power My Marsh?
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 8 (Sept 27, 2010)
- Monitoring Cranberry Bed Moisture
- Irrigation Setpoints for Soil and Photosynthesis Measurements
- Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation to Soil
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 7 (Sept 10, 2010)
- It’s a Jungle Out There!
- Common Purslane in New Cranberry Plantings
- Observations from the Field–Sharing Success Stories
- Extension Entomology Mahr Retires
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 6 (August 18, 2010)
- Crazy Growing Season
- Cranberry Tissue and Soil Analysis
- Heart of the Farm — Bookkeppers’ Boot Camp
- Hot in Wisconsin Fruit Rot Update
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 5 (July 28, 2010)
- Tissue Testing
- Plant Analysis Report
- Mini Clinics for Summer
- Early Rot Leaf Spots
- Observations from the Field
- Conservation of Native Pollinators Workshop
- How to Collect Tissue Samples
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 4 (June 28, 2010)
- Belay Insecticide Follow-Up
- Intrepid Insecticide Reminders
- Fruit Rot Management
- Observations from the Field
- Managing Soil pH
- Notes from the Archives
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 3 (June 15, 2010)
- Two New Insecticides
- Callisto Registered
- EPA Proposes to Revoke Tolerances
- Nutrient Management Plans
- Self-Study Private Pesticide Applicator
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 2 (May 19, 2010)
- Sweet Vernal Grass
- Cranberry Fungicide Update
- Observations from the Field
- Tissue Tests Tell Story
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 1 (May 4, 2010)
- Plant Disease
- Van Wychens “Friend of the County Agent”
- Putting it in Perspective, Managing a Perennial Crop
- Observations from the March – Crop development, spring flooding, and white grub control
- Welcome, thanks to our sponsors
- Self-Study Pesticide Applicator Certification