A number of growers hosting the 2016 IFTA New York Study Tour said that to get the benefits of new machinery, you have to adjust orchard practices. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” ...

Marvin Sundquist, retired owner of Sundquist Fruit and Cold Storage in Yakima, Washington, died Saturday. He was 89. Sundquist Fruit & Cold Storage originated in 1922, when Ralph Sundquist, father of ...

Research update. Since 2016, the Washington wine industry has supported research led by Tom Collins, grape and wine chemist at WSU. Collins is also part of a powerhouse research team — including ...

Returning for his second year in the H-2A program, Omar Campos prepares his spray rig for the 2017 season in a Stemilt Growers Honeycrisp apple block in Quincy, Washington. Campos was trained as a ...

Heather Leach discussed the invasive pest in December, during the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Leach, an extension associate with Penn State University, ...

Salisbury said he and the research team went into this project from the perspective that there were two issues to resolve. One involved perception — how does the machine differentiate fruit from ...

Once again, reports of the hard cider industry’s decline have been greatly exaggerated. “For some reason, beverage media and retailers love to pick on cider,” said Michelle McGrath, executive director ...

To address the growing concern over codling moth management, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission assembled a new industry task force last fall. Today, the task force consists of 29 members, ...

Small, fruit-fly sized samurai wasps (Trissolcus japonicus) emerge from brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) eggs and stretch their wings before flying off into a commercial apple orchard near White ...

Himalayan blackberry already hosts populations of SWD, one of the challenges growers in the region face to manage the pest. It’s hoped that liability can become an asset if Ganaspis and other ...

Brown marmorated stink bugs really like pears. And cherries. And hazelnuts. So, as BMSB naturalizes in many of Oregon’s extra-orchard landscapes, growers face a new pest pressure and plenty of ...

To provide Washington state growers with regionally relevant soil health test interpretation, soil scientists at Washington State University partnered with researchers at the Washington State ...