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June 24th, 2016: Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI)

Weekly reports by members of UW-Extension

The weather continues dry in many parts of the state and fall weather is showing.  Bernie Williams, Conservation Biologist from the Wisconsin DNR talks about Jumping Worms.   Transcribed Session Link to Bernie’s PowerPoint Presentation     Listen to Presentation   Download Podcast For PC’s, right click on “Download”, select “Save Link As. . .” […]

September 15, 2017 – Jumping Worms

READ September 8, 2017 Transcription Dr. Brian Smith’s Presentation LISTEN DOWNLOAD 09/08/2017 PODCAST For PC’s, right click on “Download”, select “Save Link As. . .” and choose a location on your computer to save the file. For Mac’s, Ctrl+click on “Download”, select “Save Link As. . .” and choose a location on your computer to […]

September 8, 2017 – Crops are late in ripening

Questions to County Offices seem to have slowed down but one that has arisen and probably will continue to appear as we head into fall is about the differences between bees, hornets and wasps.  PJ Liesch referred to a publication “Social wasps and bees in the Upper Midwest” as a useful guide for providing answers. […]

August 25 – Bees/Wasps/Hornets

Parts of the state continue to deal with insects and diseases that are related to the amounts of rain locations have experienced.  Amaya Atucha, Fruit Specialist, took the group through the appropriate methods of pruning for good fruit production. Atucha’s Presentation   READTranscription File   LISTEN   DOWNLOAD 08-18-2017 PODCAST For PC’s, right click on […]

August 18, 2017– Think Ahead to Winter Pruning of Fruit Trees

Japanese Beetles are still a big thing around the State.  Wet areas continue to contribute to diseases, but drying is occuring in some areas.  Everyone is asked to keep their eye out for and report spottings of all types of Pigweed. Link to PDDC Update for August 4 Link to Pigweed Power Point   READ […]

June 24th, 2016: Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI)

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