We would like to wish Beth Workmaster a much-deserved retirement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as the Wisconsin Cranberry Research and Education Station.  […]

Katie Wantoch shares a framework and quick quiz to encourage discussion about growers who work in partnerships. While this was written for FarmPulse: Crop Insurance […]

Dear Fruit Growers, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to inform you of an important change in my professional responsibilities that […]

The EPA has opened a comment period for an alternative mitigation proposal for the fungicide captan, currently utilized by many of our WI fruit crop […]

We are thrilled to announce that Allison Jonjak has transitioned to a new role this summer with UW-Madison, Division of Extension. Allison was previously 50/50 […]

Organic Berry ProductionJune 14, 2024 10 am – 2 pm.  Blue Fruit Farm, Winona MN Join the Organic Fruit Growers Association, the UW-Madison Emerging Crops […]

As the EPA prepares to take a more site-specific approach to enforcing the Endangered Species Act, the printed labels on chemistry packaging will not have […]

It has come to my attention that many growers are not using some of the apple thinning models available on NEWA, mostly because they don’t […]

A message from NEWA: Please be aware that the data centers providing forecast weather data for our NEWA tools and resources are experiencing ongoing outages.  […]

Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban/Govern/Hatchet/Pilot/Warhawk/others) has not yet seen its last days on the market. Recall that on August 18, 2021, EPA issued its final rule revoking all chlorpyrifos tolerances, […]