The National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan office has launched an experimental Frost & Freeze Decision Support tool designed to help Wisconsin fruit growers anticipate and respond […]

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has approved Special Local Need (24c) labels for Wisconsin strawberry production for postemergence control of […]

Introducing Josie Dillon, New Statewide Fruit Outreach Specialist Hello and welcome back to another season of Notes from the Field: A Grower’s Perspective! The goal […]

Southwest injury, also known as sunscald, is a wintertime phenomenon affecting certain deciduous trees, particularly young ones with thin bark. This damage occurs on the southwest […]

Tree fruits and grapes, like all crops, are susceptible to challenges caused by a changing climate. Currently observed changes and projected future changes will affect […]

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 […]