Janet Turner, technician at Oregon State University’s Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Hood River, explains a Competitive Orchard Systems trial for pears. There are definitely more smiles at the winter horticultural meetings this winter, particularly among apple growers. And good prices have a lot to do with that. Instead of looking back to better times, people are again planning for the tree fruit industry’s future. One exciting new topic at many of these meetings—designing a competitive orchard system—has popped up in Extension lectures and later in hallway discussions. Educators throughout the United States are promoting the topic as […]