Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, as of August 5, all cultivars, except Petite Pearl, have reached veraison, shoot […]

A recent study conducted by J. Carroll, C. Weber, and G. Loeb at Cornell University assessed the impact of hummingbirds on managing spotted-wing drosophila (SWD, […]

As you may expect, Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) continue to be present at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS) vineyards. So far […]

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys; Fig 1) is well established in WI. It has now been confirmed in 32 (orange) and suspected in […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been very high over the last two weeks.  A summary of fruit crop pests recently submitted to […]

The PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity.  Click […]

Here at the station we are cleaning up from some rain events. Last week we had 2″ in 30 minutes alone, and it dealt damage […]

Many growers experienced significant leaf drop this spring, probably due to an early cold event that occurred last fall. In addition, during our last virtual […]

Planting a pollinator garden is a great way to support some of the over 400 species of bees we have here in Wisconsin, especially if […]

All of our properties are out of bloom and sizing up nicely! We finished up fruitworm applications and had overall low pressure. Now for the […]