Thrips tend to move into plantings on early spring wind storms from Southern states and can cause significant damage to June-bearing strawberry. In early summer […]

In 2023, the PDDC continues to provide diagnoses through examination of digital photographs, as well as physical samples.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission […]

Hello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers and welcome back to Notes from the Field: A Grower’s Perspective! Spring was off to a slow start, but warmer […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, buds average around E-L* stage 2 (bud scale opening) on Petite Pearl and […]

As an apple grower, determining the optimal fruit crop load in your trees is a critical step in achieving high-quality fruit and maximizing yield. Crop […]

On April 19th, we had 56 cranberry growers join us at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station for the annual Spring Mini-Clinic. Livestream locations, hosted by […]

The warm weather we experienced a couple of weeks ago accelerated the loss of cold hardiness of flower buds in many of our fruit crops, […]

Small-scale replicated field plot research is very useful to explore and identify potential new technologies and practices that can improve cranberry production.  But there’s also […]

April started with temps in the low 90s and forest fires way too close, but Mother Nature made sure we knew spring wasn’t here yet. […]

Hello everyone, hope you all had a wonderful winter! I have been eagerly awaiting our first issue of the CCMJ as it is a sure […]