In this Issue:

GUEST ARTICLE

Strategic Innovation by Karl Foord

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Update

SPECIAL FEATURE

USDA-Farm Service Agency Urges Fruit and Vegetable Growers to Participate in County Committee Elections

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Strawberry Renovation

APPLE NEWS

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

 

Web Site of Interest

Insect, Pest Fact Sheets
Vol 1 No. 10   July 19, 2004

Degree Day Accumulations (base 50 degrees F)

Orchard

Cumulative Degree Days (Daily Average Method)A

Cumulative Degree Days (Integral Method)B

From

To

Elgin

929.1

1,008.0

4/7

7/12

Fairhaven

829.0

930.3

4/6

7/13

Faribault

1,056.3

1,126.4

4/8

7/14

La Crescent

1,062.8

1,026.3

4/15

7/15

Lake City

939.3

993.6

4/7

7/12

White Bear Lake

825.9

901.7

4/1

7/12

A. Using high-low average temperatures.
B. Using integrated (hourly) temperatures.

 

 

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu

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