Irrigation

Researchers set up electrical resistivity tomography equipment in an apple orchard

Automation innovation for orchard irrigation

August 27, 2025

Soil health researcher Sarah Gafner-Bergeron, right, discusses the soil cores from different treatments with David Granatstein, professor emeritus of sustainable agriculture at Washington State University during a field day at WSU’s Sunrise Research Orchard on July 24, 2025. Granatstein noted that core from the mulch treatment shows the soil biome breaking down the mulch and structurally changing the top layer of soil. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Soils under scrutiny at WSU Sunrise field day

July 25, 2025

Irrigation specialist Troy Peters has been named the new director of the Washington State University Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems at the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Peters to direct Washington State University’s precision ag center

May 28, 2025

Orchard information at your fingertips

April 24, 2025

Geraldine Diverres, a young grower from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

April 10, 2025

New approaches for old irrigation systems

April 10, 2025

Murphy: Measuring risk mitigation

April 2, 2025

Kruti Ravaliya, consumer safety officer with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, discusses federal water rules for produce safety during the U.S. Apple Association’s Outlook conference in Chicago in August.(Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Get wise about your water

April 2, 2025

Mark Renken, a young grower from The Dalles, Oregon

March 27, 2025

The goal of automated viticulture is to tie sensors to AI-powered irrigation controls over a wireless communication network. The tools for this “feedback loop” are all commercially available, said Jake Schrader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but challenges stand in the way of adoption. (Courtesy Jake Schrader/U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Adoption hurdles for vineyard automation

February 12, 2025