All three are canker diseases, but each has a distinct symptom.

With this new technique, seedlings are pushed to achieve buddable size earlier in the season to achieve a finished tree by the end of the year.

Farm Bill funding will help strengthen surveillance, detection, and mitigation of invasive species.

Farm Aid, California Certified Organic Farmers, and Community Alliance with Family Farmers offer disaster assistance to organic farmers who have suffered the effects of the drought.

Many tasty items were on display at this spring’s 47th annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA.

American Fruit Grower talks with Tracy Leskey, the USDA scientist based in Kearneysville, WV, who is leading the national team of scientists battling the brown marmorated stink bug.

Scientist ‘SWAT Team’ combats stink bug invasion.

Here’s what small ag employers need to know as you prepare to implement changes required by national healthcare reform.

With EverCrisp’s success, the organization is now targeting five varieties for second-generation plantings and additional testing.

Discussions at annual convention include producing 100 bins per acre, best growing systems, and new technology — all to help improve orchard performance.

“An unhappy customer will tell 11 people about a negative interaction with your business. In turn, those 11 people will tell five other people — that’s a total of 67 people hearing about an unpleasant experience. And 30% of those disappointed customers will tell more than five people.”

Negative portayals of ag in the media aside, the real threat to the public image of the grower is growers themselves.

Valley Irrigation offers advanced technology for soil moisture to collect in-depth data about the soil’s water needs, temperature, and electrical conductivity.

The precipitation and temperature extremes throughout our tree fruit growing regions have been stressful on people and plants both.

“Iron has very low mobility within the plant. If the source of available iron for the plant becomes limited, the plant does not have the ability to scavenge iron from older leaves and tissues and remobilize it to support new growth.”

Growers in contiguous counties in the Empire state and Pennsylvania also are eligible to apply for funds.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, especially when preventing agriculture-related injuries to visitors — or your staff members.

Regardless of the irrigation scheduling method used, growers should monitor vine and soil water status for quality control.

“It’s inspiring to see the growers working together in both Washington and Michigan to fund cutting-edge research, investing in their future— something fruit growers in other states should consider.”