We talk with the UW Extension’s fruit experts about getting your best harvest. We also look into one of the last visible links to Wisconsin’s beet sugar industry.
Featured in this Episode
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What rain and heat can do to our fruit crops
If you have a large orchard or just a few fruiting trees or vines, weather plays a big role on what kind of yield you get. Our fruit experts Amaya Atucha, Leslie Holland, and Christelle Guedot are back to help you get the most out of your fruit bearing plants.
Growing Apricots, Cherries, Peaches, and Plums in Wisconsin
UW Madison Department of Entomology UW Insect Diagnostic Lab
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Table sugar from a beet?
We can’t grow sugar cane in Wisconsin but we can grow sugar beets and at one point we grew a lot. Though mostly used for livestock feed these days, we talk about the importance of beet sugar in the state and a factory in Madison that has a new use for the community.
Episode Credits
- Larry Meiller Host
- Amaya Atucha Guest
- Christelle Guedot Guest
- Leslie Holland Guest
- Bryant Moroder Guest
- Â Tom Sylke Guest
- Jill Nadeau Executive Producer
- Jeff Robbins Technical Director
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