Pesticides

A bee winds through a small obstacle course designed by Bee Vectoring Technology. The course forces the bee to pick up a powdered form of a beneficial fungus researchers hope can help fight off blossom infections. (Courtesy Holt Menzies/Bee Vectoring Technology)

U.S. EPA approves bee-delivered fungicide

September 3, 2019

A Hol Spraying System CF airblast sprayer is demonstrated at one of Hedges Apples newer apple blocks in Norfolk County during the 2019 International Fruit Tree Association summer tour in Ontario, Canada, on Monday, July 22. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Systems evolution — and sprayers that can adapt — the focus of the first day of IFTA in Ontario

July 22, 2019

Apples from the 2015 harvest are washed and sanitized at Washington Fruit and Produce company in Yakima, Washington on September 9, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Defining organics

June 20, 2019

How mating disruption works. Source: Jay F. Brunner and Alan Knight/Washington State University. Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower

Good to Know: The disruption eruption

June 4, 2019

European Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cerasi. (Courtesy Steve Paiero, University of Guelph)

European cherry fruit fly quarantine in New York expands

May 21, 2019

WSDA offering on-site airblast sprayer training through June

May 20, 2019

Continung and New Cherry Research Projects Funded by the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission (OSCC), the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC) and the Cherry Variety Rootstock Co-op (CVRC) for the 2019 Crop Year. (Source: Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission Graphic by Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower)

Good to Know: 2019 Pacific Northwest cherry research funding

May 13, 2019

Harrison Van Meekeren, a young grower from Lakeville, Nova Scotia

March 14, 2019

SWD resistance a red flag for organic growers

March 12, 2019

Spotted lanternfly that feed on grapevines take a serious toll on vine health, reducing flowering the following season or even killing the vines. (Courtesy Erica Smyers, Penn State University)

USDA announces funds to fight spotted lanternfly

March 7, 2019