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Orchard innovators: Practices should change with mechanization

September 1, 2016
Clif Walters, left, and Clovis Bair work on a Huron Fruit Systems mechanical platform thinning apples at Wafler Farms in Wayne County, New York on July 1, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Mechanization is rolling along — Video

August 31, 2016
Adult codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Courtesy Todd M. Gilligan and Marc E. Epstein/Colorado State University)

Bayer AG says it will no longer sell Belt (flubendiamide)

August 12, 2016

Troublesome pest makes a comeback

August 10, 2016

Bearing down on black stem borers – VIDEO

July 29, 2016
This test variety ripens in the early midseason and is one of the new, red-skinned, yellow-fleshed peaches developed by Rutgers University’s fruit breeding program in Cream Ridge, New Jersey. (Courtesy Jerry Frecon)

New peach and nectarine varieties help Eastern growers compete

July 20, 2016
SLFAdult (ONE-TIME USE)Greg Hoover, Penn State ExtensionThe spotted lanternfly adult is 1 inch long and a half-inch wide. Its mouthparts are designed to pierce barks and suck moisture from the phloem plant layer.

Pennsylvania expands spotted lanternfly quarantine

July 11, 2016
Gala near harvest north of Selah, Washington on August 20, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Crop forecasts: this year, more apples and tart cherries

July 8, 2016

Five other grapes grown to resist the cold

June 28, 2016
Itasca grape clusters weigh from 95 to 145 grams, can be winged or shouldered and show a golden hue at harvest. (Courtesy John Thull)

Minnesota’s dry, cold-hardy white

June 27, 2016