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Crop Management and Pollination
Featured stories covering crop management and pollination in this issue.
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Trees without fruit, pollination without bees
Pollen company joins Washington State University researcher to try planting a pollen-only orchard.
Researchers finish final pollen tube model
After 11 years, pollen tube projects are complete with release of Red Delicious model.
All in with organics
Washington cooperative Tree Top moves into higher-priced categories.
Protect pollinators while managing diseases
The fungicides needed to control bloom time disease aren’t as harmless to bees as previously thought.
Head start on better berries
Growers already implementing results of long-term organic blueberry study.
Conor Kilian, a young grower from Sunnyside, Washington
family background / Conor grew up in a large Yakima Valley farming family growing juice grapes, learning organic methods and helping expand the
The Cosmic gospel : Video
Washington State University continues education on training WA 38 trees.
A better bee? Blue orchard bees show promise as pollinators
Study shows potential for employing blue orchard bees as pollinators in tart cherries. What about other crops?
Bees may do better being kept in the dark
CA storage could give bees an edge in the fight against the devastating Varroa mite.
Click thinking: High-density success depends on pruning style
Lessons learned in Italy about benefits of click pruning could help U.S. growers.
The worldwide view of wine from Washington : Video
Speakers at the 2018 Washington Winegrowers annual convention bring big-picture perspective.
When growers meet lawmakers
Industry groups ask growers to directly participate in lobbying.
Dollars from China fuel a new Washington vineyard and resort
Dollars from China fuel a new Washington vineyard and resort