Cranberry Crop Management Journals
2024
- Weed of the Week: Smartweeds and Tearthumbs
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Weed of the Week: Sticktights and Beggarticks
- Soil and Tissue Sampling Window Begins
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Weed of the Week: Swamp Dodder
- Evaluating a Farmer’s Risk Tolerance
- A Letter From Christelle Guédot: New Role Update
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- WCRS Update: Beth Workmaster Retirement
- Research Experiences With QuinStar 4L in Cranberries
- Allison Jonjak Role Transition
- Weed of the Week: Northern St. Johnswort
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Corrections
- A Potential New Tool for Phosphorus Management: Phosphorus Solubilizing Bacteria
- Scouting Notes (False Blossom, BNLH Range, Spongy Moth)
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Mid-May Hail
- Using EPA Bulletins Live Two
- Sign-up for the SAME Newsletter!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- 2024 Spring Mini Clinic Recap
- Vine Bronzing: What To Do Next?
- Frost Protection: Considering Wind Speed and Dew Point
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- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2023
- Nitrogen Optimization Pilot Program: Lessons From Year 1
- Finding Harvest Truck Drivers in a Tight Labor Market
- Expanding our Cranberry Crop Management Archives
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Multispectral Imaging for Cranberry Production Improvement
- Beneficial Microbes Living Inside Cranberry Plants
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Soil and Tissue Sampling Window Begins
- Diazinon Shortage and Future Production: Final Update?
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Red-Headed Flea Beetle
- Beneficial Soil Bacteria – Role in Agriculture
- How Can AgrAbility Help You This Growing Season?
- Evaluating An Unusual After-Flood Residue
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Cranberry Back to Basics Course Available Online
- Bee Productivity Observations
- Weed Management Research Update
- Cranberry Crop Management Journal Time Machine
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Wisconsin Cranberry Fungicide Update 2023
- Introducing Dr. Shinya Ikeda, USDA–ARS Cranberry Food Scientist
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- The First Report of Fertile Andean Blueberry – American Cranberry Hybrids Has Been Published
- Sprayer Calibration
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Can We Use “Big Data” To Add Precision and Make Management Decisions in Cranberry?
- Cranberry Biological Insecticide: Spear-Lep
- 2023 Cranberry Mini-Clinic Recap
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2022
- The Development and Evolution of Cranberry Genetic Profiles: Perry Red, or Crowley, That Is the Question.
- Is Metabolic Herbicide Resistance the Straw That Will Break Weed Management’s Back?
- Spotted Lantern Fly: Wisconsin Cranberries Less at Risk Than Other Crops/Locations
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Bad: Reconsidering Potassium Fertilization in Cranberries
- Growth of Vegetation and Growth of Berries
- Video: Walk With Care in Cranberry Beds
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Cranberry Viruses
- Calculating Percent Out of Bloom
- Extension’s New Farm Management Outreach Specialist to Focus on Financial and Risk Management for Successful Farm Businesses
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Biological Control in the Cranberry Agroecosystem
- Who is Pollinating the Cranberries? Find Out with 2+ Years of Data from WiBee!
- Meet Stephanie Plaster, the New Extension Farm Management Outreach Specialist
- Calculating Percent in Bloom
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 2
- Vegetative Side-Shoots
- Leafhoppers Are Starting To Show Up
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Genetic Fingerprinting at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station: Part 1
- Walk With Care in Cranberry Beds
- Think “Safety First” This Season
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- 2022 Spring Mini Clinic Recap
- Early Season Update: Late Spring and Hail
- CranCam Update 2022
- Three Years’ Growth at WCRS Breeding Plots
- Orthene (acephate), Pollinator Activity, and Yield
- Newly-registered Insecticide: Fanfare
- Early Spring Recommendation for Cold Protection and Fertilization Plans
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2021
- A Phosphorous Water Sampling Protocol for Growers
- “Why Leaves Turn Red”—and Cranberries, Too?
- Revisiting the Insecticide Avaunt
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- EPA Bans the Use of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) On All
Food Crops - Sunscald and Fruit Rot
- Two Weeks Left to Sample Tissues and Soils
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Summer Field Day Letter from the Editor
- Updates on Crancam—Phenotyping Cranberry Genotypes
- Cranberry False Blossom Update and Leaf Spot Diseases
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Reviewing Critical Cranberry Irrigation Thresholds
- Red-Headed Flea Beetle Showing Up at Marshes
- Exploring Soil Health in Cranberries
- WiBee 2021 Surveys: Preliminary Numbers
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- High Soil pH: Understanding Plant Nutrition in Cranberries
- Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi & Cranberry: Mutualisms with Potential
- Progress on the 2021 Pesticide Screening Program
- Revisiting the insecticide: Actara
- WiBee Survey Call
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Check Out the VacciniumCAP Newsletter
- Disease Pressure Lessons From Thermal Imagery
- Wildflower Plantings Increase Bee Diversity on Cranberry Marshes
- Drought Monitoring Resources for Cranberry Crops in the Midwest—Through the Seasons
- Do You Grow a Pollinator-Dependent Crop? Please Take Our Quick Grower Survey!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Tank Mixing 101
- Who Is Pollinating the Cranberries? Find Out With WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App
- Newly-Registered Insecticide: Danitol
- DIY Nematode Ranching
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- 2021 Spring Mini-Clinic Recap
- Cranberry Fungicide Update 2021
- Posting Pesticide Use
- Watching For Leafhoppers This Spring and Summer
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
2020
- We’re Checking the Yield on Our Trials! Here’s What To Look Forward To at Cranberry School 2021
- Novel Bio-Insecticide Demonstrations and Advances in Spray Timing
- Sprinkling, Flooding, and Harvest Logistics Into Dormancy
- Thank You To Our Updating Growers
- A Quick Trip Behind the Scenes of the CCMJ
- Managing Weeds in Pollinator Gardens
- Welcome Dr. Leslie Holland Here—Your New Extension Fruit Pathologist
- Coloring Up
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- A New Chapter in Breeding and Genetics Underway at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
- Guidelines on How To Estimate Yield in Beds
- What About Those Late-Season Grasses?
- It’s Tissue Sampling Season!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Promoting Wild Pollinators in Wisconsin Cranberry
- How to Fertilize Areas With Winter Damage or Leaf Drop
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Observations from the Field
- Hungry Nematodes in Wisconsin Cranberry Marshes
- Stresses Can Stack: A Cranberry Case Study
- Cranberries: New Reduced Risk Insecticide, Verdepryn
- Video – Leafhoppers in Cranberry: Should We Pay Attention to Them?
- Consider Buying Harvest PPE Now
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Observations from the Field
- Winter Damage in Northern Wisconsin
- Introducing Dr. Leslie Holland, Our Incoming Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Fruit Pathology
- WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Video: “Murder Hornets” and Their Interactions With Honeybees
- Early Herbicide Success Keeps Late Season Budget in Check
- Easy Online Resources to Help Anticipate and Understand High Precipitation Weather Events
- Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee: A Beloved Bumble Bee That Needs Our Help!
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Frequently Wondered Questions About Frost Tolerance
- Should You Use an Adjuvant With Your Insecticides?
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Adjusting Soil pH for Cranberry Production
- Virtual Cranberry Mini-Clinic Summary
- Update from the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
- Grower Update: Gardner Cranberry
- Introducing Allison Jonjak: New Cranberry Outreach Specialist UW-Madison Division of Extension
- Introducing Dr. Jyostna Mura, USDA-ARS Cranberry Physiologist
- Resource for Cranberry Growers Regarding COVID-19
2019
- Observations from the Field
- Factors affecting Fruit Growth in Cranberry
- Reduce Risk Insecticide: Exirel
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station Update
- Reduced Risk Insecticide: Entrust
- Red Headed Flea Beetles are Back
- Summer Field Day Mini-Clinics Schedule
- Fond Farewell
- Grower Updates
- Leafhoppers
- Fertilization Recommendations
- Hearing Protection
- WSCGA Summer Meeting
- Grower Updates
- Pros & Cons of Proline
- Grower Updates
- Cranberry Research Station update
CCMJ — Vol 32, Issue 2 (May 31, 2019)
- Chlorpyrifos update
- White Grub & Sparg
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 32, Issue 1 (May 15, 2019)
- Observations from the Field
- Promoting Wild Bees
- Grower Updates
2018
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 6 (Sept 12, 2018)
- Degree Days
- Cranberry Insect Lures
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 5 (Aug 12, 2018)
- Degree Days
- Cranberry False Blossom
- Observations from the field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 4 (July 27, 2018)
- Evaporative Cooling
- Movento for tipworm
- Degree Days
- Nozzle selection, calibration and adjuvents
- Farm Tech Days update
- Observations from the field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 3 (June 7, 2018)
- Degree Days
- WPS Update
- Cranberry Weed Management
- Farm Tech Days Update
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 2 (May 18, 2018)
- Degree Days
- Growing DDs as a tool
- Cranberry Tipworm
- Pheromone Loading differences
- WPS Training Requirements
- Farm Tech Days Update
- Grower Updates
- Observations from the Field
CCMJ — Vol 31, Issue 1 (May 2, 2018)
- Degree Days
- 2018 Fungicide Update
- Chilling Hours
- Historical Reflection
- Interesting Bee Buzz
- Cranberry at Wisconsin Farm Tech Days
- Grower Updates
2017
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 10 (Dec 4, 2017)
- 2017 Reflection
- Suppression of Cranberries Grown from Seed by Pre-emergent Herbicides
- 2017 Crop Review and Observations
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 9 (Nov 7, 2017)
- Research Station
- Cranberry Genetics and Genomics Lab Update
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 8 (Sept 5, 2017)
- Degree Days
- Observations from the field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 7 (Aug 14, 2017)
- Weevil
- Yellow Vine Syndrome
- Nutrient Management: Tissue Sampling
- Observations from the Field
- Tissue Nutrient Analysis
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 6 (July 24, 2017)
- Degree-Days
- Summer Field Day Annoucement
- Redheaded Flea Beetle
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 4 (June 14, 2017)
- Practices to Improve Pollination
- Degree-Day Maps
- Fungicide Timing
- Identifying Frost Damage in Cranberry Buds
- Observations from the Field
- Photos from Spring Grower Meetings
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 3 (May 22, 2017)
- Honeybee Hive Placement
- Fungicide Application
- Fungicide Planning
- GDD and Plant Phenology
- Bed Moisture Mapping
- Degree-Day Maps
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 30, Issue 2 (May 8, 2017)
- Growing Degree-Day
- 2017 Fungicide Update
- Did I Lose My Casaron?
- Nitrogen Fertilizer Requirements
- Grower Update
2016
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 10 (Oct 9, 2016)
- Worker Protection Standards Manual
- Cranberry Survey Requests
- Degree-Day Maps
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 9 (Sept 9, 2016)
- Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation Update
- Flea Beetle Management
- Building Next Year’s Reserves
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 8 (Aug 10, 2016)
- Upcoming Degree-Day Benchmarks
- Timing of Insecticide Application
- Cranberry Nutrient Management: Potassium
- Observations from the Field
- Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 7 (July 18, 2016)
- Cranberry Nutrient Management: Phosphorus
- Insecticide Profile: Delegate
- Observations from an Intern
- Early Rot
- Identifying Early Rot in the Field
- From the Editor’s Desk
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 6 (June 27, 2016)
- Cranberry Nutrient Management: Nitrogen
- A Study on Flower Differentiation in Cranberry
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 5 (June 17, 2016)
- Bogside Questions and Answers
- A Study on Flower Differentiation in Cranberry
- Observations from the Field
- Growing Degree Days
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 4 (May 30, 2016)
- Upcoming Degree-Day Benchmarks
- Viruses
- Observations from the Field
- Revisiting the Insecticide Intrepid
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 3 (May 9, 2016)
- Degree Day Modeling in Cranberry
- Cottonball Control
- Indar Label
- Spring Nitrogen Fertilizer Application
- Generic Version of Callisto in Wisconsin
- Revisiting the Insecticide Confirm
- Spring Thoughts
- Cranberry Juice for Heart Health
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 2 (April 25, 2016)
- Blueberry Phytoplasma in Cranberry
- Rose Chafer
- 2016 Fungicide Update
- Spring had Sprung
- Bravo Status
- TSV Bulletin
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Updates
CCMJ — Vol 29, Issue 1 (April 6, 2016)
- Dew Point
- New Wisconsin Fruit Website and Newsletter
- Early Season Grower Workshops
- Grower Updates
2015
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 10 (October 30, 2015)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Pest Management
- Grower Update
- Soil, Tissue, and Water Tests
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 9 (Sept 18, 2015)
- Biocontrol Agents Kill Sparganothis and Cranberry Fruitworm: preliminary data on native nematode species
- Obersvations from the field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 8 (Aug 28, 2015)
- Observations from a cranberry road trip
- Cranberry fruitworm
- Obersvations from the field
- Red Shoot
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 7 (Aug 14, 2015)
- NDVI Imagery for use in cranberry production
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 6 (July 31, 2015)
- Cranberry Flea Beetle
- Observations from the Field
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 5 (July 10, 2015)
- Soil nutrient interactions and their impact on cranberry nutrition
- Cranberry Viruses
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 4 (June 12, 2015)
- Blackheaded Fireworm
- Bee Literate, Bee Healthy, Bee Respectful
- Grower Update
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 3 (May 29, 2015)
- Cranberry Weevil
- Which St. Johnswort was it again?
- WCREF announces WI cranberry leadership development program for 2015-16
- Cottonball Symptoms: what to look for
- Cranberry Leafminer
- Observations from the Field
- Flooding and “Hot Spots”
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 2 (May 18, 2015)
- Cranberry Genetics
- Soil Sampling on New Plantings
- Early Season Insect Control and Grower Update
- Observations from the Field
- Pre-bloom sprays: any benefit?
- Sparganothis Fruitworm
CCMJ — Vol 28, Issue 1 (May 1, 2015)
- Sparganothis Fruitworm
- Fungicide Update
- Weed Wiping
- Cranberry Cold Hardiness
- Hiring Sources
2014
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 7 (Aug 29, 2014)
- Cranberry Virus Update
- Cranberry Tissue Testing: bulletin provided as reference for tissue testing
- Update from the Fruit Crop Entomology Laboratory
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 6 (July 24, 2014)
- Revisiting the Insecticide – Assail
- Altacor Insecticide: A Good Fit for Cranberry IPM Programs
- Observations From the Field
- A Visit to a Cranberry Reservoir
- Mating Disruption Despite Heavy Fruitworm Pressure
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 5 (July 3, 2014)
- Cranberry Viruses
- What Pesticide Can I Use?
- 2014 Summary of Handler Pesticide
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 4 (June 24, 2014)
- Weed Profile: Swamp Dodder
- Pesticide Use and Pollinator Protection
- Toxicity to Bees Chart
- New EPA bee advisory box on labels
- UW Extension cranberry specialists
CCMJ — Vol 27, Issue 3 (June 6, 2014)
- When and how long to flood for insect control
- New insecticide registered on cranberry
- Proposed changes to worker protection standards
- EPA proposed changes
- Comparisons to existing protections
2013
CCMJ — Vol 26, Issue 4 (July 23, 2013)
- Survey for Tobacco Streak Virus
- Sample Collection Protocol
CCMJ — Vol 26, Issue 1 (May 10, 2013)
- 2013 Cranberry Fungicide Update
- Observations from the Filed
- Purple Martins on Cranberry Marshes
2012
CCMJ — Vol 25, Issue 8 (Sept 4, 2012)
- Fruit Rot Update
- An Eye Opening Summer
- Observations from the Field
- Osprey: A Success Story
- Sustainable Cranberry Production
CCMJ — Vol 25, Issue 7 (August 7, 2012)
- Record-breaking 2012 Spring
- Arthropods in the Spring “Trash Floods”
- Japanese Beetles Menu Includes Cranberry
- Observations from the Field
2011
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 6 (August 30, 2011)
- 2011 Bug Floods
- Observations from the Field- Sojka
- Observations from the Field- Cira
- Cranberry Cultivar Genetic Survey
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 5 (August 1, 2011)
- Cranberry Girlder Managment
- Observations from teh Field- Cira
- Observations from the Field- Sojka
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 4 (July 15, 2011)
- Early Rot
- Fact Sheet– Identifying Early Rot
- Observations from the Field- Sojka
- Observations from the Field- Cira
- Fireflies and Horse Flies
- Caddisflies
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 3 (June 8, 2011)
- Another St. Johnswort to Worry About…
- Understanding Frost and Frost Protection
- When Hail Happens
- Observations from the Field
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 2 (May 25, 2011)
- Cranberry Bed Establishment from Plugs
- Keeping and Eye Out for Creeping Red Fescue
- Observations from the Field
- Cottonball Control
- McManus Sabbatical
- Cranberry Development in Newfoundland
CCMJ — Vol 24, Issue 1 (May 6, 2011)
- 2011 Cranberry Fungicide Update
- Welcome Shawn Steffan
- Welcome Juan Zalapa
- Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic
2010
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 9 (November 3, 2010)
- Fruit Rot in 2010
- Observations from the Field
- CCMJ Sponsors
- Can Alternative Energy Power My Marsh?
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 8 (Sept 27, 2010)
- Monitoring Cranberry Bed Moisture
- Irrigation Setpoints for Soil and Photosynthesis Measurements
- Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation to Soil
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 7 (Sept 10, 2010)
- It’s a Jungle Out There!
- Common Purslane in New Cranberry Plantings
- Observations from the Field–Sharing Success Stories
- Extension Entomology Mahr Retires
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 6 (August 18, 2010)
- Crazy Growing Season
- Cranberry Tissue and Soil Analysis
- Heart of the Farm — Bookkeppers’ Boot Camp
- Hot in Wisconsin Fruit Rot Update
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 5 (July 28, 2010)
- Tissue Testing
- Plant Analysis Report
- Mini Clinics for Summer
- Early Rot Leaf Spots
- Observations from the Field
- Conservation of Native Pollinators Workshop
- How to Collect Tissue Samples
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 4 (June 28, 2010)
- Belay Insecticide Follow-Up
- Intrepid Insecticide Reminders
- Fruit Rot Management
- Observations from the Field
- Managing Soil pH
- Notes from the Archives
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 3 (June 15, 2010)
- Two New Insecticides
- Callisto Registered
- EPA Proposes to Revoke Tolerances
- Nutrient Management Plans
- Self-Study Private Pesticide Applicator
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 2 (May 19, 2010)
- Sweet Vernal Grass
- Cranberry Fungicide Update
- Observations from the Field
- Tissue Tests Tell Story
CCMJ — Vol 23, Issue 1 (May 4, 2010)
- Plant Disease
- Van Wychens “Friend of the County Agent”
- Putting it in Perspective, Managing a Perennial Crop
- Observations from the March – Crop development, spring flooding, and white grub control
- Welcome, thanks to our sponsors
- Self-Study Pesticide Applicator Certification