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 […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, as of July 8, all cultivars were at shoot development E-L* stages 31 […]

The decision to conduct your own tree propagation can have many risks but also benefits. The cost of purchasing trees from nurseries can get quite […]

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

Cluster-zone leaf removal is a very effective practice to open up the canopy and increase the exposure of clusters to sunlight and airflow.  What are […]

Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) are out and about, feeding and mating on many different fruits, vegetables, field crops, and ornamentals. Numbers have been […]

As we published the last article on Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) not yet being detected in Wisconsin, my graduate student Hanna McIntosh had a […]

WAGA and UW-Extension are sponsoring a COVID 19 Preparedness Webinar on Tuesday, July 21st, from 9am – 10:30am. Register in advance here. This webinar will cover: How to protect […]

Due to the cancellation of the Summer Apple Field Day, WAGA will be hosting several webinars in July. The first one will focus on Summer […]

The weather has really helped this year’s new plantings take off. Starting to put small ditches in and shape the dikes. Hopefully there are no […]