At the West Madison Research Station (WMARS), 9/30/19 was the last day of harvest for all the grapes. Wasps were still present in grapes at […]

Overall caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has begun to decrease for the year, including reports of fruit crop insects.  Reports of fruit crop […]

At the West Madison Research Station (WMARS), a lot of berry splitting was observed on 9/23/19 and social wasps started showing up to take advantage […]

Background: Rubber septa loaded with female moth pheromone, placed in P2 sticky traps around marshes, are widely used as lures in the cranberry industry to […]

Maturity levels are running 6-8 days later than normal due to cool, wet weather at the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station (PARS).  We are currently harvesting […]

The rain just keeps coming. Apple harvest is ongoing and grapes are slowly increasing in sugars. Apple and grape maturity reports will be published weekly […]

Reports have come in that low to large levels of codling moth and moderate levels of apple maggot were caught in monitoring traps in the […]

Scouting at the West Madison Research Station (WMARS) vineyard occurred on 9/10/19 and there was no insect to report. No insecticide was applied on the […]

Fruit insect cases have decreased at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) over the last two weeks with the cooler temperatures.  Reports of fruit crop […]

Scouting at the West Madison Research Station (WMARS) vineyard occurred on 8/26/19 which was a chilly and rainy day. Likely due to the weather, we […]