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Notes from the Field: A Grower’s Perspective – Philippe Coquard Chat #6
Posted on June 29, 2023Hello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers and welcome back to Notes from the Field: A Grower’s Perspective! I had my sixth chat with Philippe on June […]
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Fire Blight Pruning Management: Recent Updates
Posted onDuring the summer months, managing shoot blight infections is a top priority. Many growers are faced with the question of pruning or not. Pruning can […]
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Vineyard Scouting Report: June 26, 2023
Posted onPhenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoots from primary buds average around E-L* stage 31 (Berries pea-size) in Marquette […]
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Organic Day Neutral Strawberry Scouting Report for June 26, 2023
Posted onThis scouting session for our day-neutral organic strawberry project at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) was conducted Monday, June 26th in the morning. […]
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Mites in the Orchard
Posted on June 28, 2023The dry and hot weather conditions are very conducive to some insects, including mites. We are seeing higher than expected mite incidence at the West […]
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First Japanese Beetle Observed in Grape
Posted onI saw my first Japanese beetle adult (Figure 1; JB) today at a collaborating vineyard where we are looking at the interaction of social wasps […]
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PARS Orchard and Vineyard Walk
Posted onJoin the UW Fruit Team for a vineyard and orchard walk! Bring your field boots and burning questions to Peninsular Ag Research Station on Friday […]
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Update from the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
Posted on June 27, 2023Hi there, Beth here, work at the station progresses with 4 fungicide trials, 2 herbicide trials, 1 insecticide trials, and several physiology experiments ongoing this […]
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Grower Update: Vilas 51
Posted onHope everyone is doing well and enjoying the much-needed rainfall we received this past weekend. We sure did get slammed with enough nights of frost […]
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Grower Update: Flying Dollar Cranberry
Posted onThis time of year the Stevens variety is for the most part at peak bloom and the early varieties are seeing pinheads starting to form. […]