Kathie Zipp is a regular contributor to American Fruit Grower and Western Fruit Grower magazines on a variety of subjects from crops to production. She is a freelance writer residing in Parma, OH.
With the amount of commercial bees currently unsustainable, a unique resource can help better predict the number of colonies that will survive the winter.
Protected ag structures can shield peaches and nectarines from harmful environmental conditions. Scientists are adding up what that means for profitability.
Little cherry disease has researchers scrambling as it has returned to Washington with a vengeance, leaving growers with few options to prevent its spread.
After a decade of determining best practices for growing organic blueberries, researchers are taking a closer look at the effects of colored weed mats.
While pome fruit growers may use conventional products such as antibiotics to treat trees in the orchard, new resistant strains have generated interest in alternative methods.
It’s a long road to developing disease-resistant rootstocks, but USDA-ARS research at the University of California, Davis is providing a great start for walnuts.
A study by the University of California found that applying nitrogen to a well-managed, productive orchard after harvest did not improve almond yield the next year.
