Collected here is a summary of many articles I have written, and other articles authored by researchers from other universities on thinning. Each subsection has […]

I have received several reports of green-tip across the state and wanted to remind growers that if you will be running the carbohydrate thinning model […]

During the past weeks I have received several emails asking for advice on fall nutrient application and I decided to put all those recommendations together […]

Correction to note: The titratable acidity value for Frontenac from September 1 was corrected from 9.6 to 19.5 g/L tartaric acid equivalence in Table 1 […]

As we put on our waders to analyze yields our trials, we wanted to let you start building excitement to discover what we’ve learned this […]

When should I sprinkle, and when should I flood? This will depend if you have harvested and removed the irrigation pipes or not. If you […]

Last week, as we were making progress towards a potentially great grape harvest at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS), we got over 3 […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, as of September 1, all cultivars continue to be in various stages of […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, as of August  19, all cultivars are in various stages of fruit ripening, […]

Color development in apples is a complex process because many factors are involved: genetics, environmental conditions (i.e., light and temperature), nutrition, stress, crop load, etc. […]