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Crop Management/Pollination
Featured stories about crop management, pollination and more in this issue.
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The mechanization sweet spot in the vineyard
High-end vineyards look for balance between machine and hand pruning.
Blocking bees by netting trees
Nets can reduce fruit set by limiting pollination.
Proposed rule could mean cooling complications
Experts uncertain about how the FDA’s proposed ag water quality rule will impact orchardists.
Smoke and wine grapes: Responding to risk
A Unified symposium panel advised growers on strategies in and out of the vineyard for managing smoke risks until the science catches up.
Precision decisions
From the Good Fruit Grower archives: Thinning apples with more confidence.
New stone fruit thinner now available
New product can reduce need for hand labor.
A vision in hand
Minnesota company offers handheld data gathering.
Phoning in precision
App-based approach collects data for each step of a precision crop load management process.
Computer eyes on the crop load
X-Vision system aids crop load management from blossom to harvest.
Computer vision has its eyes on precision
University research and R&D from ag tech companies converge on the practice of precision crop load management.
BYOB: Bring your own bees — Video
Using mason bees requires year-round chores.
Chill queens: Bees in cold storage
WSU entomologist tries queen banking in the cold to cut labor costs.
Kyle R. Benner, a young grower from Fairfield, Pennsylvania
Kyle is a fourth-generation grower, packer and shipper who returned to the farm about six years ago. He’s married to Kelli and is the son of Pam and Dave Benner.
Scharlau: Leadership of tomorrow
Washington’s AgForestry Leadership Program reflects on its origins and looks to the future.
Industry awards cap WineVit conference
Todd Newhouse, owner of Upland Vineyards, receives the Erick Hanson Memorial Winegrape Grower of the Year award during the 2022 WineVit convention and trade show
Abundant reboots: A new startup launches crowdfunding to resurrect vacuum apple harvester technology
A venture capital fund and technology incubator hopes to resurrect the apple harvesting robot formerly known as Abundant Robotics under a new startup named Abundant