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Agricultural employers encouraged to be prepared for ICE
Ag employment experts share tips on immigration enforcement preparation.
Promotoras making healthy connections
Promotoras connect rural, Spanish-speaking workers to health and educational resources.
Orchard information at your fingertips
Growers tie sensors to internet by using low-frequency radio.
Soil compaction in action
Imaging technology sheds light on the importance of earthworms in vineyard soils.
Clean Plant Center Northwest searching for new director
Washington State University is searching for a new director of Clean Plant Center Northwest...
Research targets root boosts from beneficial fungi
USDA research designed to tease out the potential of beneficial fungi in apples uncovers even more complexity.
Cold damage by degrees on Northeast apple trees
Cold snaps hitting rootstock shanks might be cause of tree decline.
International experts head to Washington for tree fruit conferences this year
This spring and summer, horticultural scientists from around the world will be traveling to Washington for conferences centered on postharvest physiology, cherries and fire blight...
Charging ahead with electric weed control
Experts share best practices as electric weeder makes commercial headway.
New weed villains in the Northwest
Keep eyes open for new additions to the Northwest’s most wanted weed list.
Studies dig into New York soil health
Cornell research explores complexities of New York soil.
Seasonal cherry inspectors needed in Central Washington
The Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Fruit and Vegetable Program is currently hiring seasonal cherry inspectors for the 2025 season...
New approaches for old irrigation systems
Irrigation districts boost efficiency with infrastructure improvements.
More evidence for less fertilizer
Washington State University extension specialist suggests dialing back fertilizer in orchards.
The network effect on areawide pest management
Growers turn to other growers when it comes to adopting new practices, something researchers are trying to harness to improve management of leafroll and red blotch diseases.
Protecting your ground for beneficial insects
Relaxing weed management can help preserve natural enemies.
USDA organic materials comment period now open
Pear ester and other materials important to organic tree fruit are open for public comment this month...
New York’s horticulture heroes
Western New York growers optimize yields, quality and color.
Murphy: Measuring risk mitigation
Research in apple orchards shows significant microbial die-off occurs in 10 to 18 hours, confirming that cooling water can be applied the day before harvest.
Get wise about your water
Preharvest water risk assessment regulations take effect for large farms this month and for smaller farms next April.
Hansen: Sustainability in action
Australian eco-vineyardist will keynote Washington wine research seminar.
Prengaman: The reign of uncertainty
Trade wars and mass firings bring upheaval to the fruit industry.
Online Agricultural English Mentorship program begins April 14
Registration is now open for the Agricultural English Mentorship program created by Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development...
A smaller and healthier Washington wine industry — Video
As the Washington wine industry contracts, it also finds areas of opportunity.
Controlling crop load with nothing but nets?
How nets can manage organic crop loads.
The power of preaching pruning
A panel of growers at Canadian hort show shares tips for training workers to tailor pruning approaches.
Washington Apple Commission resumes full funding of its USApple dues
The Washington Apple Commission voted to rescind the cap it placed on funding provided to the U.S. Apple Association in 2022 and resume funding the advocacy organization at the same per-bushel rate as the rest of the industry...
Citing funding shortfall, advanced.farm shuts down work on apple harvester
Due to a lack of funding, advanced.farm, developers of an automated apple harvester that was close to commercialization, closed its doors last week and scuttled plans for a 2025 harvest season in Washington...
A chill-safe vineyard
Figgins Winery of Walla Walla shares cold mitigation practices and tips for replanting on rootstocks.
Seeking alternatives for chemical thinners
New thinners step in to replace scrutinized carbaryl.