Category: Fruit/Vegetable Production
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Online Extra | Fruitful Outreach
By Nicole Miller MS’06 Managing an apple orchard — whether table apples or cider apples — isn’t the romantic endeavor some might imagine. There’s a lot to do: selecting, planting, growing,…
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UW–Madison, apple growers bring data to the orchard
The robot weather station stands sentinel above the deer fence of an apple orchard in the hills near Hell Hollow Road in Richland County. The device, a 21st-century enhancement of…
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Colquhoun named Friday Chair for Vegetable Production Research
Jed Colquhoun, professor of horticulture, was recently named the Friday Chair for Vegetable Production Research. Colquhoun’s research focuses on developing integrated pest management strategies and quantifying on-farm sustainability measures that…
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Wisconsin Fruit Production 2017
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin apple growers had a productive year in 2017, but cranberry and tart cherry producers faced more challenges. Recent data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service…
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What color is your carrot?
MADISON — Sevie Kenyon: Shelby, carrots are not just orange anymore, what colors are there? Shelby Ellison: You can find carrots in red, yellow, you can have some purple varieties and…