Leslie Mertz

Improved virus detection for imported planting stock

February 20, 2024

Innovations and renovations for Indiana’s Oliver Winery

January 29, 2024

Regenerative ag targets soil health and beyond

July 20, 2023

Peach State problems

July 13, 2023

Financial rewards from fun on the farm

April 24, 2023

The inside scoop on compost

April 4, 2023

Researchers from Rutgers University and the University of California, Davis found that greater diversity in wild bee species is vital to maintaining stable pollination from year to year. Some of the wild bee species are blueberry specialists. This includes the mining bee (Andrena vicina). The female, shown here, collects blueberry pollen, which is the primary food source for her young. (Courtesy Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab)

Pollination needs more bees, please

March 22, 2023

Double-duty nets protect apple crop

March 7, 2023

Uncovering ground truths

November 21, 2022

The good, the bad and the maybe for Minnesota cider apples

October 25, 2022