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Horticulture and Viticulture
Featured stories covering horticulture and viticulture in this issue.
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Highlights in the new Farm Bill
2018 Farm Bill includes several provisions that affect the tree fruit industry.
20 years in the making
Milbrandt brothers look back on two decades in Washington’s wine grape industry as they open the state’s largest custom wine bottling operation.
No-dig trellis is on solid ground
Agricultural engineer uses steel posts and concrete footings for above-ground trellis system.
Should you grow vertical or V?
That’s the question when preparing for robotic pickers in your orchard.
The good and bad of different rootstocks
Nursery owner warns growers it’s not as simple as asking which rootstock is the best.
Watch and learn
Michigan State University’s new video series highlights grape and wine research.
Good to Know: Signs of brittle graft unions
Researchers have new findings on Geneva 41.
Peach rootstock trial tests options for size control
Researchers start with the roots to shrink trees.
What Cosmic slices reveal
New WSU-bred apple showing different starch clearing patterns than traditional varieties.
On the hunt for nematodes
Washington researchers launch big-picture project to figure out how best to protect vineyards against root parasites.
Using palissage to slow vigorous vines
Tucking or wrapping shoots to slow growth offers promising alternative to hedging for canopy control in Cornell trials.
Five tips for tying grapevines
Michigan State University viticulture extension educator has some tricks to make work easier in the vineyard.
Scharlau: Progress, process and unity
Washington Winegrowers has mission to be an industry voice for both growers and vinters.
Oliver May, a young grower from Alderdale, Washington
family background/ Oliver started farming at age 27 with his parents, Milo and Kay May, along the banks of the Columbia River in
Hansen: Two sciences must grow together
Grape growing research must not ignore the research involved in winemaking.