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Reconstructing WSU’s sweet breeding program
Changes make the WSU sweet cherry breeding program more efficient and focused to set up its new breeder for success.
WSDA dedicates research greenhouse to study plant viruses
Lauri Guerra, Washington Department of Agriculture plant pathology project coordinator, gives a tour of
H-2A expands despite costs
Even with political questions, legal risks and high costs, growers across the U.S. continue to hire foreign guest workers.
Scholarships available for IFTA trip to New Zealand
IFTA has reserved a limited number of spots on its 2018 New Zealand Study Tour and Annual Conference for recipients of Young Professional Scholarships.
WSU offering free soil testing
WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing to a limited number of growers in Eastern Washington.
Modernizing the nursery with machines
Improvements in machines bring increased adaptation.
What’s next with FSMA?
Most regulations tied to passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act won’t take effect until
Food safety answers: What’s in your water? — Videos
Questions abound about implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act. To keep you abreast of
New technology allows apples to offer feedback about CA conditions
How low can you go?
New model forecasts grapevine bud break, bloom and veraison
Data dynamics: Predicting phenology
Climate change is complicated for grape growers
Wine grape growers share thoughts on how climate changes will impact vineyards.
Derric Kirschenmann, a young grower from Shafter, California
Derric decided to work alongside his family over a decade ago to grow the business north of Bakersfield.
WSDA to dedicate state-of-the-art greenhouse
The Washington Department of Agriculture will formally dedicate on May 11 a $750,000 greenhouse intended to support the tree fruit industry.
Who knew? DNA research shows honeycrisp has a royal ancestor.
A University of Minnesota researcher has found new answers to the origin of Honeycrisp and
Cost falls to renew pear scald chemical
Pear industry leads the way to renew growers’ access to the scald-controlling chemical.
Cider makers embrace regional variation
Bottles of cider are displayed at Leonard Oakes Estate Winery in Lyndonville, New York,
Native flora can attract beneficial insects to the vineyards and orchards
Between rows, think local
Studies show no downside to trying cover crops in vineyards
Beneath the vines
What’s going on down there? Facts about organic matter
Researchers share knowledge about the underground dynamics of fresh organic matter.
Gillison’s Variety Fabrication donates mechanical planter to Michigan State University
A donated piece of equipment will help Michigan State University fruit research stations plant more
WSU’s continuing search for endowed chair of soil science
“The Soil of Contemplation”
Let vigor be your guide : Video
Precision crop load management strategies lower risk and raise fruit quality.
How to manage weeds and nitrogen in organic orchards
Fixed-arm rolling cultivators — like this Wonder Weeder — are the most common method
Grower says bloom thinning by hand gets the results he wants
Let hands take hold
Do you have enough active carbon in your soil?
WSU extension specialist offers tips on how to track the health of your orchard.
Too hot to handle calcium
Unusually warm, dry weather reduces the effectiveness of calcium sprays for growers in the Eastern United States.
What’s your ideal orchard system?
Finding the ideal system for your orchards can be trial and error, but luckily, Mike Robinson likes to experiment.
Which comes first, the trellis or the trees?
Allan says he prefers to plant the dormant, cut-back sleeping eyes for the V-trellis system
Fertilizer tips to maximize baby tree growth
Nourishing new orchards
New methods to get from bud to bin : Videos
Tree system architecture for apple orchards a key topic for IFTA speakers, grower tours.
The latest on FF Robotics’ machine harvester
IFTA’s summer field tour in New York last year focused on automation technologies
Healthy cherries from the ground up
Diagnostic tools will prevent you from paying for too much fertilizer.
Pear psylla, just like spider mites, showing resistance to pesticides
Resistance is inevitable
Staying on top of trends and tastes : Video
For apple growers, domestic and global markets hold promising opportunities if you know what to look for.
How’s the quality of your water?
Research helps to develop guidelines for dealing with salinity, sodicity in the vineyard.
Help for blossom thinning
Better crop management models available for Honeycrisp, Granny Smith and Red Delicious.
Researcher convinced he can replace honeybees
WSU horticulturist secures three more years of funding for mechanical pollination research.
What’s killing these trees?
Pathologists hope a survey of Northeast apple growers will provide clues in the case of rapid apple decline.
Don’t invest in unwanted shoot growth
With spring approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, a new season for orchardists starts with flowers, new leaves and shoots — and much anxiety.
Fighting honeybee decline with instrumental insemination — Video
WSU researchers hope to breed better bees
A new, old bee
From high in the Tien Shan Mountains of Central Asia, Washington State University entomologists Steve Sheppard and Brandon Hopkins have brought home semen from a new strain of honeybees that evolved right alongside the wild apple tree.
What wildflowers are best to attract bees?
Michigan State University pollination study reveals best attractants for bees that you may want to plant near your trees.
Following your vines, not your calendar, makes for more successful vineyards
The key to managing productive vineyards in Washington’s variable climate is to make management decisions
Mulch madness at Oregon soil workshop
David Granatstein of the Washington State University Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
Can earwigs be beneficial in some orchards? – Video
Don’t wig out in bug battle: WSU graduate student set to convince growers how earwigs can be beneficial in some orchards.
Tips from Trellising 101
Trellising high-value crops or adding superstructure to existing trellises should not be left
Study: Overhead cooling does not appear to impact the survival of E. coli on apples
Gala apples are sprayed with overhead sprinklers near Prosser, Washington, in the heat of
Avoiding trellis failures
A trellis collapse comes down to two factors — a soil failure or a
FSMA answers: Preparing your facility
Questions abound about implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act. To keep you abreast of
Using genetics to create “a birth control pill” for moths
Gene-editing research could lead to new control for codling moth