The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week that it has released an additional […]
New EPA exhaust emissions regulations will have an impact on diesel engines in tractors and agricultural equipment. The […]
New herbicide-resistant field crop cultivars will be hitting the market within the next few years, which is causing […]
Food safety remains a major concern within the fresh produce industry, with growers taking great precautions in and […]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funds are being made available to farmers and […]
Editor’s Note: Leonard Brown of Earl Brown & Sons, a vertically integrated apple and winegrape grower in Milton-Freewater, […]
Earlier this year, the EPA submitted a new label proposal that did not draw many headlines, but stands […]
Not many apple growers end up becoming winemakers, but then again, not many growers start out as research […]
For the past year, fruit growers Mike Rasch and Chuck Dietrich, along with Phil Brown of Phil Brown […]
As most longtime winegrape growers can tell you, weed problems have changed drastically through the years. Perhaps the top […]
Growers considering night harvest to provide wineries with cooler fruit, and to address regulations.
There are various resources available, and even more currently being developed, to assist grape growers in implementing IPM.
According to Dr. Steve McArtney, apple specialist, North Carolina Sate University, Mountain Crops Horticultural Research Station in Mills […]
Just as entomologists have been warning West Coast growers all winter, Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is starting to […]
California winegrape growers remain concerned about the European grapevine moth (EGVM). Numerous detections have resulted in the addition […]
NYAG LLC, better known as New York Apple Growers, has completed negotiations with Cornell University to obtain the […]
The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) has appointed John Aguirre as its new president. Assuming the role […]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said orchardists and nursery tree growers can begin applying for benefits under the Tree Assistance Program, […]
The fundamentals of good spray control are chemistry, timing, and target. These basics are extremely important for growers […]