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Not your grandpa’s weather vane
New fruit models, seamless data boost Michigan’s Enviro-weather system.
Honeycrisp from Chile coming to U.S.
Honeybear Brands of Minnesota bringing in its largest crop from South America plantings.
New website for U.S. Apple
The U.S. Apple Association has released a new, mobile-friendly website at usapple.org. 2016 USApple.org
How to check for apple and peach bud damage
Bud damage assessment tools: razor blade, knife or scalpel and a limb-caliper tool, such
Eladio Gonzales, a young grower from Selah, Washington
Eladio, a second-generation farmer from the upper Yakima Valley, worked alongside his father, Miguel Gonzales, in orchards and now manages several test orchards in Naches, Washington.
Joe Brandt, a young grower from Wapato, Washington
Joe returned to the 1,500-acre family farm after working in finance and manages domestic and export sales and marketing for the company.
Planting frenzy
Properly preparing the soil can help new plantings thrive.
Wade: Free trade should include fair trade
A Good Fruit Grower good point by Mike Wade, USApple chairman
Watering by the numbers
Extension specialists take the mystery out of irrigating.
Changing ideas about water
Irrigation becomes crucial tool even in well-watered East.
Better ways to irrigate
WSU researcher offers tips for reducing water use.
Know your soil before picking your rootstock
Researchers encourage growers to match a rootstock’s ability to absorb nutrients to those nutrients found in the soil.
Root care
Remember to consider what lies beneath when maintaining a healthy orchard.
Know your critical temperatures as East Coast freeze arrives
The East Coast is experiencing a second round of winter, and the anticipated freezing temperatures
Ambrosia surge
Marketing minds meet their apple match with increasing number of varieties.
How to attract workers
Workers go where they can make the most money.
Modern orchards and technology can potentially reduce production costs
Harvesting, pruning, trimming and bin removal machines like these displayed during an IFTA tour
Keeping limbs in line with mechanical pruning – (video)
While not exactly new anywhere, mechanical hedging is seeing a youthful surge on
Hopes dim for demise of lanternfly
Researchers are no longer optimistic that bug first detected in 2014 can be quickly eradicated.
Growers asked to help with trellis design survey
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission has recently funded a trellis engineering analysis project with
6 tips for healthier bees
Beekeeper offers tips for healthy bees, hearty pollination.
Looking for new pollinizers
For decades, apple growers have used Manchurian crab apples to pollinate their fruit. Tree
Researcher is targeting bull’s-eye rot
Findings show treatments before and after harvest reduce infection rates.
Growers get peek at automatic picking machine — VIDEO
California company shares progress on vacuum end-effector.
A gentler journey from bucket to bin
Design improvements to vacuum system apple harvester reduce bruising, worker strain.
Allen: My thanks to growers supporting food safety research
“One bad apple will spoil the barrel” is almost as familiar as the saying “an
Apple scab spores showing up in eastern U.S. orchards
The first apple scab spores of the season have been detected in both Pennsylvania and
Testing string theory
Hand-held string thinners are gaining in popularity.
Meet the stinkbug’s worst nightmare
A wasp no bigger than a flea could be the best tool against brown marmorated stinkbug.
Pests in the heat
Last year’s hot growing season gave researchers ideal opportunity to take a closer look at codling moth and obliquebanded leafroller.
Seeking better control for codling moth
Researchers are getting a head start on keeping codling moth resistance traits to insecticides in check.
Dealing with apple maggot in yard waste
Study shows apple maggot pupae can be killed in yard waste, but more research is needed.
Apple maggot, worries spread in Michigan
Apple maggot infestations seem to be on the increase in Michigan, so growers should have
Getting to the rot of the problem
Researchers study how best to prevent spread of disease from Manchurian crab apple pollinizers.
The right Honeycrisp start
Dave Taber is working to maximize his chances of success with a new Honeycrisp planting.
Fire blight central
A research plot near Wapato, Washington, has become a test bed for fire blight.
Fire blight management
Mixing materials may bring growers closer to another “silver bullet” in fire blight management.
Fire blight’s risk factors
Tips to consider from OSU plant pathogist
Griggs appointed to Apple Commission
John Griggs John Griggs, a grower from Orondo, Washington, will serve on the
Michigan tart cherry growers switching to high-density plantings
The cherries in that slice of pie most likely came from an orchard in Michigan,
Consumers will not tire of new varieties, Washington grower tells IFTA conference
Fruit growers need look no further than the beverage aisle at their local convenience store
IFTA growers feel the big chill in Grand Rapids
The word of the day Tuesday, Day 4 of the IFTA conference in Grand Rapids,
Which apple rootstock should you grow with?
Apple growers have a lot of options when it comes to selecting the best rootstock for their orchards.
Avoiding rootstock mistakes
Growers can find more success if they avoid some common mistakes when selecting rootstock.
WSU’s WA 2 apple will be re-launched and marketed as Sunrise Magic
Washington State University's WA 2 apple will be marketed as Sunrise Magic, the university announced
Some like the biggest trees
Jason Matson from Matson Fruit Company shows some of his Honeycrisp rows during the
MSU researcher to growers: fire blight is just “bad, bad, bad”
A record 404 people attended science-heavy presentations today (Monday) Feb. 8, 2016, at the
Basic rules of Stemilt’s tall spindle
A Stemilt orchard managed by Dale Goldy is planted using a tall spindle system.
Growers visit plots of cherries and apples during IFTA conference
Traverse City, Michigan, grower Leonard Ligon discusses how fruit and leaf buds protrude from
IFTA conference opens in Grand Rapids, celebrates “moneymaker” apple varieties
Wanda Heuser Gale of International Plant Management polishes and displays apples at the kickoff