For years, growers have been asking what ratio of natural enemies to psylla they need to ensure strong biological control. To answer that question, researchers started by defining the line at which ...

Mike Omeg, 2017 Good Fruit Grower of the Year, farms in the Oregon hills overlooking the Columbia River, outside the city of The Dalles. The Dalles is one of several communities in a 13,000-acre fruit ...

The Washington State Tree Fruit Association kicked off Day 2 of its annual meeting with a cherry session and a tour of an Allan Bros. orchard in Naches, Washington, followed by sessions about ...

The Washington State Wine Commission continues to have direct input in smoke research. At the state level, we fund smoke research at Washington State University. Regionally, we serve on the advisory ...

H-2A tips Tips and advice for growers using H-2A labor could fill a book, but here are a few highlights discussed during workshops and conferences this year: —Put a variety of farm tasks on the DOL ...

Heather Leach discussed the invasive pest in December, during the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Leach, an extension associate with Penn State University, ...

Salisbury said he and the research team went into this project from the perspective that there were two issues to resolve. One involved perception — how does the machine differentiate fruit from ...

McGrath said there are about 1,070 hard cideries in the United States (including breweries, wineries and meaderies that also make cider), a sevenfold increase since 2011. Cider is now made ...

—by Kate Prengaman Wine grape growers have several diseases to contend with when they are designing spray programs, especially in the Eastern U.S., so the second round of a research program studying ...

A codling moth adult on an apple fruitlet. Codling moth management challenges prompted the creation of a new industry task force. (Courtesy Mike Doerr/Washington State University) To address the ...

Small, fruit-fly sized samurai wasps (Trissolcus japonicus) emerge from brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) eggs and stretch their wings before flying off into a commercial apple orchard near White ...

Himalayan blackberry already hosts populations of SWD, one of the challenges growers in the region face to manage the pest. It’s hoped that liability can become an asset if Ganaspis and other ...