Phenology This week at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, all cultivars are approaching flowering (Table 1). The majority of shoots […]

The scouting this week at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station did not result in any insect activity to report. Only one grape phylloxera gall […]

We saw reports of bud burst and 1- to 3-inch shoots this past week in Wisconsin. Critical fungicide application timing is now for several 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoot development across most cultivars (Brianna, Frontenac, Itasca, La Crescent, and Marquette) ranged between […]

Date: 4/12 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 20-year avg. Base 50 36 2 11 8.5 64 36 As of the 12th we were 3-5 days […]

Looking forward to another growing season.  This spring started off with some pretty warm weather a couple of weeks ago and things started to move […]