Good to Know: Reflections on the elder statesmen of apple and pear IPM
The integrated pest management foundation that entomologists Stan Hoyt and Everett Burts built decades ago still supports growers today.
Scharlau: Ensuring clean plant sustainability
National Clean Plant Network vital to success of the grape, hop and tree fruit industries.
Good to Know: Spotted lanternfly risk regions mapped
New analysis shows suitable habitat for invasive sapsucker in Washington’s wine grape and tree fruit production regions.
Washington State University hires new extension specialist
Jenny Bolivar-Medina Late last fall, Washington State University hired Jenny Bolivar-Medina for a new position on the tree fruit extension
Good to Know: Risk reduction proven
WSU researchers demonstrate that routine export quarantine sufficiently controls powdery mildew pathogen on fresh sweet cherries.
O’Rourke: Is apple demand falling?
If so, how should the Washington apple industry respond?
Hambleton: Our choices today shape our reality tomorrow
Chair of WSTFA Annual Meeting looks at leading operations through challenging conditions.
Western Growers applauds U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement
Western Growers, who represents local and regional family farmers growing fresh produce in Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico, provided
Communication key to managing workplace complaints
How grievance policies make for better workers and businesses.
Willett: A long history of scraping by
Fire blight and the dawn of the Cooperative Extension System.