Drone ready to work in fruit
FAA approved Yamaha’s remote-controlled copter for agricultural use.
Spray guide offers tree row volume spraying tips
The 2015 New Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide devotes six pages to the subject of applying sprays according to
Matching the spray to the tree
As canopy volume has decreased, growers would like to use less pesticide.
Few bees in vineyards
Grape pest practices in Washington aren’t harming bees.
Bees as flying doctors
Honeybees deliver brown rot control to sweet cherry orchards.
Search continues for stinkbug predators
Will brown marmorated stinkbug take hold in desert climates?
Make the most of biocontrol
Beneficial insects and mites can play a role in controlling key orchard pests if they’re not exposed to harmful pesticides.
Let us (not) spray
Entomologists test alternative ways of applying plant protection materials to trees.
SWD research continues
Great progress has been made in the last five years in learning about spotted wing drosophila, but much more is
Sign up for free pesticide disposal
Washington growers looking to safely dispose of unwanted pesticides for free need to contact the Washington State Department of Agriculture