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Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Leaf spot diseases of cranberry are common in Wisconsin, but losses are usually insignificant. Learn about the thre...

Author(s) P. S. McManus, A. Vasanthakumar, V. Best. Cranberry stem gall is a sporadic problem in Wisconsin. Once infected, vines take several year...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Learn about the fungi that cause fruit rot in cranberries and management strategies. Also describes three disorders...

Author(s) Patricia S. McManus. Cottonball, a disease caused by the fungus Monilinia oxycocci, fills berries with a cotton-like fungus and makes th...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Common smut is caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis and is the most widespread disease of sweet corn, oc...

Author(s) Editors: A. J. Bussan, George Kraft, Justin Isherwood. When farmers pump huge quantities of groundwater to irrigate fields, the water le...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. Variable speed (VS) milk processors save energy on the dairy farm by slowing the flow rate of milk passing through the pr...

Author(s): Eric T. Cooley, Matthew D. Ruark, John C. Panuska. This publication provides information on nutrient management concerns in tile-drain...

Author(s) John C. Panuska, Matthew D. Ruark, Eric T. Cooley. This fact sheet provides information on locating, inspecting, and maintaining tile dr...

Author(s) Callie L. Herron, Matthew D. Ruark. Artificial tile drainage is the most extensive soil and water management activity in midwestern agri...

Author(s) Richard Wolkowski, Thomas Cox, James Leverich. Wisconsin growers have a renewed interest in conservation tillage options. This publicati...

Author(s) Kevin Masarik. Water reuse-the next great advance in water conservation because of its tremendous potential to maximize water use effici...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. This fact sheet discusses how properly installed and maintained ventilation and heating systems can reduce energy consump...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. Quick tips on how to make irrigation and crop storage facilities more energy efficient (2 pages; 2003). Download

Author(s) Scott Sanford. This fact sheet considers adjustments that can be made to both outdoor and indoor lighting on the farm to reduce energy c...

Author(s)  Scott Sanford. This fact sheet presents many options for reducing hot water consumption on the farm (2 pages; 2003). Download

Author(s) Scott Sanford. This fact sheet presents various means to improve grain drying and reduce energy consumption on the farm (2 pages; 2003). ...

Author(s) Scott Sanford. This fact sheet briefly presents some of the management practices that can reduce energy use or lower energy costs on the ...

Author(s) Lynn Markham, Ross Dudzik. When waterside residences are built, inevitably a quantity of land along the shore is covered by various surf...

This detailed guide features 26 common conservation practices. It explains how each practice works and how it helps improve a farm, lists things t...

Author(s) Christopher Anderson, Diane Mayerfeld. The drought has left many Wisconsin growers short on forage to feed their animals. As a consequen...

Author(s) John Panuska, Laura Ward Good, Richard Wolkowski. This publication focuses on ways to manage corn production on former CRP lands that re...

Author(s) Z. Asligül Göçmen. Conservation subdivision design (CSD) is a site-planning approach that clusters residences in smaller lots to reserve...

Author(s) Callie L. Herron, Kyle R. Minks, Matthew D. Ruark. A grade stabilization structure (GSS) is an on-farm conservation tool that can effect...