After last week’s extremely warm weather, grapevines got enough heat to break bud and we are already seeing 2 to 3 inches of growth on […]

Honeycrisp starts flower formation really early in the season and by the time fruits are 30 to 36 mm in diameter, which corresponds to about […]

Grape plume moth may start showing up in vineyards soon, though it is a sporadic insect in vineyards in the Midwest. The characteristic injury is […]

Spring has officially sprung in the Northwoods! Everyone was very excited to get outside and busy putting in irrigation and spring projects around the farm. […]

Cultivar contamination—whether by sport seeds that germinated from an unharvested berry, or by impure cuttings used for propagation when a bed was planted—prevents cranberry growers […]

As the middle of May approaches and our March winds still pounding the region it feels a lot like April yet. The plants are starting […]

Hello everybody! Now that we got a few nights of frost watch under our belts and we have the irrigation systems all up and working […]

Grapes: Both Marquette and Itasca grapes at the station are between late bud swell and bud burst. Apples: Zestar is at late pink approaching king […]

The Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station hosts tours for the media, public servants, local school groups as well as in-bed research conducted by UW-Madison staff and […]

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, agriculture ranks among the most hazardous industries.  Farmers are at very high risk for fatal […]