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Natalie Hoidal and Marissa Schuh, IPM Extension Educators, provide weekly updates on observations in area fields. Read about the latest findings as well as a Japanese beetle citizen science opportunity on the on the Fruit and Vegetable News site.

There is a new opportunity to participate in a Citizen Science project led by Entomologist Bill Hutchison. 

Current information about agricultural water for produce growers is described in this article.

The last few years have seen an uptick in the occurrence of three bacterial diseases in Minnesota tomatoes: bacterial spot, bacterial speck, and bacterial canker. Control of all of these diseases begins during transplant production. Read the article on the Fruit & Vegetable News site.

Annalisa Hultberg, Extension Educator, explains that many regions of the state are in moderate to severe drought, which is impacting water tables and wells. Read the article and take part in a poll here.