Category: Fruit

[ad_1] Paul Cathcart of Chiawana Orchards counts fruiting sites at an orchard stop on the International Fruit Tree Association tour near Tieton, Washington, in...

[ad_1] Chris Bartlett of Provide Agro selects a block to be sprayed — highlighted in pink — in the app that operates the autonomous...

[ad_1] This chart shows a 15-month plan for managing cherry crop load. (Source and photos: Matt Whiting/Washington State University; Graphic: Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower)...

[ad_1] Michigan State University research assistants Ila Tuller and Mia Bianchi use phones to count the number of foragers returning to honey bee hives...

[ad_1] We still have gray days, but when the sun peeks through the clouds and the flowers show their colors, we can almost taste...

[ad_1] Watch USApple’s Jim Bair and Diane Kurrle discuss the industry’s advocacy priorities for 2024. On March 19, apple leaders from across the country...

[ad_1] Epiphyte, do you have a video of how you planted orchids on that huge tree, the seeds that sprouted? My wife is very...

[ad_1] Rich and fudgy vegan easter brownies made with sweet potato in the batter, fluffy whipped ganache frosting, and topped with nutty “chocolate eggs”...

[ad_1] Male and female leafhoppers cavort in a mating cage shortly after being caught for a research colony at the Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and...

[ad_1] It’s Friday afternoon, and you’re passing the office break room on your way out for the weekend. You pop in to grab a...

[ad_1] family background/ Spouses Haley and Patrick are both third-generation apple and pear growers who each graduated from Washington State University: Haley with a...

[ad_1]   Ahh, Saint Patrick’s Day approaches, laddies!  It’s a time when we can all be Irish for a day and revel in the...

[ad_1] I don’t see a reason they wouldn’t do well here in Zone 11 – and yes, the Keys ARE in SFL, and in...

[ad_1] The inverse of oversupply is underdemand. Adam Schulz, left, and Erik McLaughlin say growers need to think outside the box to create new...

[ad_1] Michigan State University entomologist Rufus Isaacs discussed vineyard insect pests during a grape session at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market...

[ad_1] Powdery mildew can only infect cherries in the few weeks before harvest, but early-season management protects them by keeping inoculum low, according to...

[ad_1] Massachusetts grower Mo Tougas examines a damaged tree, Honeycrisp on Geneva 11, in a Nova Scotia orchard in July, during the International Fruit...

[ad_1] Harvest labor is one of the high-priority areas on the updated Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission Technology Roadmap. (Source: Washington Tree Fruit Research...

[ad_1] Emily Ayala of Friend’s Ranches Emily Ayala’s voice is both exhausted and euphoric.  “We’re starting the harvest of Ojai Pixies today!” she told...

[ad_1] The complex surface of Cordura nylon — the durable fabric commonly used in picking bags — is highly textured when seen under a...