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Scouting for Insects in Day-Neutral Organic Strawberries
Posted on June 30, 2022A new research project conducted by graduate student Jarret Miles-Kroening is looking at growing day-neutral organic strawberries in the Midwest. A major limitation growers face […]
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First Spotted-Wing Drosophila Detected
Posted onThe first spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) was collected June 17th in one of our monitoring trap serviced by Hanna McIntosh for our raspberry mulch […]
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Notes From the Field: A Grower’s Perspective – Steve Louis Chat #6
Posted onHello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers, and welcome back to Notes from The Field: A Grower’s Perspective. This week I had the opportunity to visit Steve […]
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Apple Tree Nutrition: Bitter Pit Control
Posted onOver the last couple of years new research on bitter pit has shed light on this very complex issue. We used to think of bitter […]
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PARS Phenology Report June 29, 2022
Posted onZestar is at about 30mm. Cortland and Honeycrisp are both at about 20mm with good fruit set. Marquette is at post bloom and approaching buckshot. […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update
Posted onCaseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been high over the last two weeks. A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported to […]
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First Japanese Beetles Observed in Grape
Posted on June 28, 2022The first Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) were found as part of our research at a vineyard near Dane county. Emergence has just begun […]
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Calculating Percent in Bloom
Posted onThere’s no new information in this article. Cranberry growers today calculate % in bloom following the same time-tested calculation we’ve been using for generations. Because […]
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Meet Stephanie Plaster, the New Extension Farm Management Outreach Specialist
Posted onHello everyone, I am Stephanie Plaster the new Extension Farm Management Outreach Specialist. The Farm Management Outreach Specialist position is a new, exciting position in […]
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Who is Pollinating the Cranberries? Find Out with 2+ Years of Data from WiBee!
Posted onThis is our third year of collecting data with the WiBee app! Thank you to all of the growers and scouts who have participated so […]