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Michigan State University’s Clarksville Research Center is testing a solid-set canopy delivery system designed to apply pesticides more precisely than conventional sprayers.(Courtesy Michigan State University)

A new way to apply chemicals

June 23, 2016

Trials to improve cider tannins and harvesting

June 6, 2016
The four apples pictured here in grower Steve Wood’s hands are, clockwise from the bottom right, Dabinett, Ellis Bitter, Major and Foxwhelp. (Courtesy Brenda Bailey)

Cider apple variety shortage

June 6, 2016

Two growers weigh in on cider apple varieties

May 27, 2016
Organic researchers are evaluating various kinds of materials to separate insects from fruit, such as this netting in a Stephentown, New York, blueberry field. They found no difference in temperature inside and outside the structure, only a slight increase in relative humidity inside and said insect exclusion results were “encouraging.” So, too, are the results of a similar test of this netting by a group of scientists near Montreal, Quebec. (Courtesy of Greg Loeb, Cornell University-Geneva)

Organic control of SWD

May 25, 2016
The telltale mark of spotted wing drosophila’s ovipositor scars are shown on this cherry. While other fruit flies deposit their eggs into the soft flesh of ripened fruit after harvest, spotted wing drosophila can penetrate through the tougher skin on cherries, blueberries and stone fruits that are still growing on the plant. (Courtesy Martin Hauser, California Department of Food and Agriculture)

SWD – How to stop a proliferate pest?

May 24, 2016

Researchers crack the case on why cherries crack

May 19, 2016

Making the most of cidermania

May 12, 2016
Canadian temporary worker website.

Bringing workers north to Canada

May 11, 2016
The completed Sutton Road Solar Farm became operational April 13. (Courtesy Rob Way/NYSAES)

Cornell starts up new solar project

May 10, 2016