Apples

Spraying oil for pest control

It will be interesting to see just how faithfully arthropod pest development responds to ambient temperatures during this year's unnaturally early spring warm-up, and whether our traditional correlations with tree phenology will break down in... more »

Growers to receive orchard survey

Tree fruit growers in Washington, Michigan and New York will be receiving a survey from Haley Consulting Services asking growers about their horticultural practices and orchard characteristics. Responding to the survey is critical, as growers’... more »

EPA approves Fontelis

EPA has granted registration approval for DuPont Crop Protection’s Fontelis fungicide. Fruit, vegetable, peanut and other specialty crop growers now have a tool to help them produce higher yields with enhanced quality, despite soilborne and... more »

Apple disease situation in this year of early onset of bloom

Releases of mature apple scab ascospores were detected from March 16 to 18 at the Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center in Biglerville, PA (Figure 1). Dormant copper sprays are recommended before green tip... more »

Heat wave has apple growers feeling rotten

Record heat marching across the Midwest may bite the 2012 fruit crop.The mercury hit 70 again on Monday at Small's Fruit Farm in Mondamin. It had apple growers Jim and Renee Small feeling rotten."This is... more »

Brides toast outdoor weddings as fruit growers fret forecast

Above-normal U.S. temperatures that have depressed natural gas prices and threatened some crops are being celebrated by brides with outdoor ceremonies and cocktails in March.A streak that led to the fourth-warmest U.S. winter on record... more »

MSU looks at funding for ag research stations

Michigan State University will close its Muck Soils Research Farm in Laingsburg and is weighing the fate of at least one more of its 15 agricultural research stations statewide.Steve Pueppke, director of MSU AgBioResearch, said... more »

Michigan farmer Josh Wunsch honored by Michigan Processing Apple Growers

Third-generation farmer Josh Wunsch of Traverse City, Mich., has been awarded the Michigan Processing Apple Growers of the Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association (MACMA) Distinguished Service Award for 2012.Wunsch was first named to the MACMA... more »