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January 18-20, 2026 | Wisconsin Dells, WI

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University of Minnesota Extension

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First name

Marissa

Last name

Schuh

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University of Minnesota Extension

Title

IPM Extension Educator – Fruit & Vegetable Crops

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About Me

Marissa Schuh
IPM Extension Educator – Fruit & Vegetable Crops
University of Minnesota Extension
Marissa Schuh is Minnesota’s statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Extension Educator for fruit and vegetable crops. Based out of the University of Minnesota’s West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris, she works directly with commercial growers of apples, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, pumpkins, sweet corn, and other specialty crops across the state.
Her program focuses on practical, research-based solutions for:

Small fruit and tree fruit pest management (spotted wing Drosophila, apple maggot, Japanese beetle, brown marmorated stink bug)
Vegetable insect monitoring and thresholds
Pollinator-friendly IPM practices
Climate-adapted pest strategies for Minnesota’s increasingly variable weather

A Wisconsin native, Marissa earned her B.S. in Horticulture (2015) and M.S. in Entomology (2018) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she researched spotted wing Drosophila in raspberries and blueberries. Before joining UMN Extension in 2021, she spent three seasons as the IPM Program Manager for small fruit and hops at Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research & Extension Center.
Marissa is best known for her weekly Minnesota Fruit & Vegetable IPM News newsletter (sent to over 1,000 subscribers during the growing season), hands-on trapping workshops, and her popular pest alerts on social media (@MNSchuh_IPM). She’s a frequent speaker at the Minnesota Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association conference, Great Lakes EXPO, and local field days.
Growers describe her as “the person you want in your vineyard or berry patch at 6 a.m. when something weird shows up.”

Website

https://horticulture.umn.edu/people/marissa-schuh

The Growing Wisconsin Conference is run by the Wisconsin Apple Growers Association. For more information please contact us. Thank you for your interest in the Growing Wisconsin Conference!

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