Click here to view the latest Vegetable Crop Update for the latest information on:
- Potato storage
- How to register on the Driftwatch™ website
- Fungicide labeling update
- Late blight management in 2011
http://fyi.uwex.edu/vegetable/files/2011/01/Ruark-2011-Fresh-Fruit-Vegetable-Conference.pdf
Check out this link for Dr. Ruark’s PowerPoint presentation on management strategies for micronutrient applications in fresh vegetable production systems.
Check out Vegetable Update #7 for information on:
- Potato crop update
- Onion bulbing
- Potato early and late blight
- Tomato early and septoria leaf blight
- Tomato late blight
- Downy mildew in cucurbits
- Purple blotch and downy mildew of onion
Check out Vegetable Update #6 for info on:
- Potato tuber bulking
- Fertilizer burn in fresh market vegetables
- Colorado potato beetle update
- Striped cucumber beetles
- Onion thrips
- Flea Beetles
- Squash vine borers
- Potato late blight and early blight
- Tomato blights
- Angular leaf spot in vine crops
- Purple blotch and downy mildew
Vegetable crop update #5 is available.
Topics include:
Tuber initiation in potato
Volunteer potato control
Colorado potato beetle
Onion thrips
Worms in cabbage
Potato leafhopper
Late blight
Early blight
Downy mildew
Newsletter #4. Crop and season is moving fast and pest seem to be developing quickly as well.
In this edition you will find updates on:
- Early season irrigation
- Colorado potato beetle
- Flea Beetle Onion thrips
- Potato leaf hopper
- Potato Late blight
- Tomato early blight and Septoria blight
- Tomato Late blight
June 8, Tuesday, 9-3, Fresh Market Vegetable Grower Field Day, King Berry Farm, Waupaca
June 16, Wednesday, Evening fresh market walking tour, Wilton, Monroe County
June 22, Tuesday, Evening fresh market walking tour, St. Croix County
July 6, 10 am, Walking Farm Tour, Tipi Produce, Rock County
July 12, Monday, Evening fresh market walking Tour, Columbia County
July 20-22, Farm Technology Days, River Falls, WI
July 27, Tuesday, Hancock Ag Research Station Field Day, 12:30 to 4:00 pm
August 10-11, Processing Snap Bean and Sweet Corn Demo, Hancock WI
Contact Dr. A.J. Bussan for more details (ajbussan@wisc.edu).
Click here to check out the April 14, 2010 Vegetable Crop Update.
Highlighted in this edition are:
- Potato storage issues
- Potato planting conditions
- Late blight update
- Info on cucurbit downy mildew
Make sure to check in often to view the latest updates!
The WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is looking for input into fruit and vegetable production and food safety. Click here to participate in an online survey to provide DATCP with insight into how to enhance the competitiveness of WI grown produce.
For further information on this survey, contact:
Jim Salma
Project Director, Food Safety project
708-763-9920