The red-headed flea beetle (RHFB), Systena frontalis, also known as the cranberry flea beetle has been emerging in the last week. RHFB is native to […]

Phenology At the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) in Madison, WI, shoots from primary buds average around E-L* stage 32 (Beginning of bunch closure, […]

This scouting session for our day-neutral organic strawberry project at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) was conducted Friday, July 7th in the morning. […]

We are seeing a lot of these odd, yet very common, insects in grapes and strawberries during our scouting and research, and I got some […]

This scouting session for our day-neutral organic strawberry project at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) was conducted Monday, June 30th in the morning. […]

Phenology 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 […]

This 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. […]

The dry and hot weather conditions are very conducive to some insects, including mites. We are seeing higher than expected mite incidence at the West […]

I saw my first Japanese beetle adult (Figure 1; JB) today at a collaborating vineyard where we are looking at the interaction of social wasps […]

This scouting session for our day-neutral organic strawberry project at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station (WMARS) was conducted Friday, June 15th in the morning. […]