Now is the time to set up monitoring traps and sampling/sweeping protocols for the insects that may start  showing up in berries soon. Matt Hetherington […]

The following information is a brief summary of a presentation given by Jason Deveau (“Spray Guy”) on May 5, 2021 for the Cold Climate Grape […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, shoot development varies widely across all cultivars (Table 1). Marquette is the most […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has increased steadily over the last two weeks and is expected to continue to increase in the near […]

Early varieties like Macintosh and Zestar are at first pink. Honeycrisp is at half inch green to tight cluster. Marquette is at early bud swell. […]

We raise organic apples on our farm in Lafayette County, southwest Wisconsin.  Our trees are on dwarfing rootstocks and we rely on a thick, 4-6 […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, shoot development across all cultivars has reached at least E-L* Stage 3 (“Wooly […]

As we resume our scouting at the West Madison Research Station, we only noticed one instance of damage caused by the feeding of a flea […]

What is Neopestalotiopsis leaf spot and fruit rot? A fungal disease was recently identified in strawberry fields in North America, specifically in several states including […]

Cortlands, McIntosh, and Zester are between half inch green and tight cluster. Honeycrisp are about at half inch green with some weaker buds at quarter […]