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Who Is Pollinating the Cranberries? Find Out With WiBee: The Wisconsin Wild Bee App
Posted on May 18, 2021This is the big kickoff year for WiBee Wisconsin Wild Bee App project. Thank you to all the cranberry growers and crop scouts that participated last year! We’re […]
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Grower Update: Flying Dollar Cranberry
Posted on“Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man.” George Washington I hope everybody enjoyed that little cold spell as much […]
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Grape Disease Management – Early Season
Posted on May 13, 2021We saw reports of bud burst and 1- to 3-inch shoots this past week in Wisconsin. Critical fungicide application timing is now for several grape […]
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Precision Chemical Thinning Recommendations
Posted onA couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about all the resources we have available for precision thinning. This time I want to provide […]
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It Is the Time of Year To Start Scouting for Tarnished Plant Bug, Thrips, and Mites
Posted onNow is the time to set up monitoring traps and sampling/sweeping protocols for the insects that may start showing up in berries soon. Matt Hetherington […]
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Tank Mixing 101
Posted onThe following information is a brief summary of a presentation given by Jason Deveau (“Spray Guy”) on May 5, 2021 for the Cold Climate Grape […]
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Grape Cultivar Developmental Stages: May 12, 2021
Posted onPhenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Verona, WI, shoot development varies widely across all cultivars (Table 1). Marquette is the most […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update May 13, 2021
Posted onCaseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has increased steadily over the last two weeks and is expected to continue to increase in the near […]
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PARS Phenology Report May 12, 2021
Posted onEarly varieties like Macintosh and Zestar are at first pink. Honeycrisp is at half inch green to tight cluster. Marquette is at early bud swell. […]
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Organic Control of Canada Thistle in an Apple Orchard
Posted on May 12, 2021We raise organic apples on our farm in Lafayette County, southwest Wisconsin. Our trees are on dwarfing rootstocks and we rely on a thick, 4-6 […]