Orchard Irrigation Do’s And Don’ts By Rebecca M. Bartels|May 9, 2012 Leonardo Da Vinci famously said that, “water is the driving force of all nature.” As a basic necessity, […]Read More
Best Practices to Keep Your Farmworkers Safe in Extreme Heat By Milton Vincento, HUB International|October 30, 2026
Are Faster Growth Rates to Blame for Bitter Pit in Apples? By Society for Experimental Biology|October 30, 2026
Building Pennsylvania Orchards For The Future By Brian Sparks|April 9, 2012 There is a rather interesting story as to how a team of tree fruit researchers at Penn State […]
What To Know About Orchard Automation By Rebecca M. Bartels|April 5, 2012 Bruce Hollabaugh of Hollabaugh Brothers Orchards in Biglerville, PA, spoke alongside a panel of industry professionals at the […]
California Pear Growers Vote To Continue Marketing Order By Growing Produce Staff|March 29, 2012 California pear farmers demonstrated strong support for the state marketing order program representing pears in a recent grower […]
Bear Mountain Celebrates 75 Years Posted by Christina Herrick|March 27, 2012 For 75 years, Bear Mountain Orchards, Inc. has been growing, packing, and shipping fruit from their family farm […]
USDA To Restore August Apple Crop Estimate Posted by Christina Herrick|March 13, 2012 At the urging of the U.S. Apple Association (USApple), USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has reinstated its […]
Apple Grower Survey Addresses Priorities By Nancy Foster|March 8, 2012 As my favorite college teacher told me when I was choosing a career, “If you don’t know where […]
OxiDate 2.0 Labeled For Fire Blight In Apples By Growing Produce Staff|March 7, 2012 OxiDate 2.0 Broad Spectrum Bactericide/Fungicide, a tool to eradicate fire blight innoculum on contact, has been registered as […]
2012 IFTA Conference: Lessons in Export, Harvest Timing, And Packout Efficiency By Rebecca M. Bartels|March 5, 2012 The International Fruit Tree Association (IFTA), founded in 1958, recently finished its 55th annual conference and orchard tours […]
Apple Maggot Quarantine To Be Proposed In Washington By Growing Produce Staff|February 24, 2012 Following a review of the results of the 2011 apple maggot survey and detection program, it has been […]
New Videos Can Help Educate Consumers About Apples By Growing Produce Staff|February 21, 2012 During the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention in Hershey, PA, last month, the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Program […]
USApple Urges Congress To Act On Agricultural Labor By Growing Produce Staff|February 9, 2012 In testimony submitted to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on February 9, U.S. Apple Association Chairman Dale Foreman […]
Organic Growers Losing Fire Blight Tool By Rebecca M. Bartels|February 6, 2012 The National Organic Standards Board recently made the controversial recommendation to the National Organic Program to let two […]
Fire Blight Preventative For Apples And Pears OK’d By Growing Produce Staff|February 2, 2012 Blossom Protect was approved this week by the EPA as a biopesticide for the control of fire blight […]
Fire Blight Tool Has New U.S. Distributor By Growing Produce Staff|January 17, 2012 Westbridge Agricultural Products of Vista, CA, and Bio-ferm of Tulln, Austria, have announced a new partnership that grants […]
Live Report From IFTA 2012 Conference By Rebecca M. Bartels|January 10, 2012 This year’s International Fruit Tree Association (IFTA) Conference, held in Santiago, Chile, is highlighting what has made the […]
Strep-Resistant Fire Blight Found In New York By Growing Produce Staff|January 10, 2012 Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain […]
A Glimpse Into The Future: Your Headlines For 2012 Posted by Christina Herrick|January 10, 2012 It may be impossible to predict the future, but who says you can’t give it a shot, and […]
New York Apple Growers Introduce QR Codes By Growing Produce Staff|December 28, 2011 The New York Apple Association is promoting a new retail program that allows consumers using smart phones to […]
Cheminova To Distribute Strobilurin Fungicide Posted by Christina Herrick|December 20, 2011 Cheminova, Inc. has announced an agreement with BASF under which Cheminova secures sole distribution rights and exclusive use […]
