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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 on the on the Fruit and Vegetable News site.

A new beneficial insect fact sheet has been published on FruitEdge. Winsome Fly is a biocontrol agent of the Japanese beetle and is now naturally spreading in Minnesota. View the fact sheet here.

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.