Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has increased slightly over the last two weeks.  Reports to the diagnostic lab are expected to increase […]

Hello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers, and welcome back to Notes from The Field: A Grower’s Perspective. This week Steve and I had our second chat […]

After a challenging season last year with increased reports of fire blight, many growers are concerned looking at the season ahead. Wisconsin experienced varied weather […]

Is Spring finally here?! This has been a Wisconsin Spring, rainy, cloudy, cool weather with some (few so far!) days of sunshine and colder than […]

While not a newcomer to the Upper Midwest, in the past year or so we’ve observed and heard many reports of another weed on the […]

In 2022, the PDDC continues to provide diagnoses through examination of digital photographs, as well as physical samples.  Click here for the PDDC’s current submission […]

Juan Zalapa and his team are proud of the diversity they’ve been able to plant at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station. In three years of […]

Orthene (acephate) is a broad spectrum-organophosphate insecticide that has been available to the cranberry industry for many years, but usage of the material in Wisconsin […]

Across the state of Wisconsin, spring is late. A Vilas county grower reported being 100% frozen, and some areas have 12” of ice yet. In […]

As a root project that will be able to feed lots of future work, Dr. Mura’s lab in 2021 piloted a CranCam project, which will […]