Summer is wrapping up and the fruit is starting to ripe and blush it’s beautiful red color. Some marshes are doing battle with flea beetle […]

We have had wonderful growing conditions all year, with most of the heavy rains staying in the central area of the state.  The result is […]

All this rain and humidity makes things interesting on the marsh here at Flying Dollar. Making sure water is off the beds and our reservoirs […]

Sparganothsis fruitworm are webbing and cranberry fruitworm are moving into their 2nd and 3rd berries.  We started sweeping flea beetle last week (7/12), and this […]

Most growers have applied the first fruitworm shot and are likely applying a second one this week if needed. Flea beetle hatch began last week […]

Karl Pippenger Ben Lear and early varieties are about 25% pollinated, with Stevens slightly behind at 15-20%.  Some growers are beginning nitrogen applications on early […]

Seth M. Rice Here in central Wisconsin our bloom progressed rapidly. It is nothing to see 10% a day! Some growers were calling their beekeepers […]

Window of application for first insecticide was mid-last week to mid-this week (June 2-9).  It is important to be mindful of oil-based chemicals and adjuvants […]

Growers around the central part of the state have been through a little heat wave but are still managing to carry on. Growers are on […]

The extended cold snap prevented some herbicide applications due to long frost nights.  Growers are completing herbicide applications the week of 5/14, should finish by […]