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  • March 15th 2026 Issue
  • Story by Kate Prengaman
  • Apple growers aiming for the red zone

    Collaborative research project focused on growing the most profitable apples.

    —Stefano Musacchi of Washington State University and his colleagues from apple growing regions around the U.S. contend that more precise crop load management can create more valuable apples on each tree. After five years of coordinated research, they have the data to prove it.

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