As part of a federal grant, Clemson University associate professor of pomology (and American Fruit Grower columnist) Desmond […]
Last week, a group of apple growers in Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota, alleging […]
Launched in 2005, Michigan State University’s (MSU) Enviro-weather station network has grown to 64 weather stations throughout the […]
In an effort to bolster New York’s apple orchards so that farmers remain competitive in an intense apple […]
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 […]