Apples
Deadline to apply for Washington apple scholarships is March 1
The Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) will award over $1 million in new and renewing scholarships to college students this spring for the 2019-2020 school year. The deadline for new applicants to submit scholarship applications... more »
Opal Apple charity seeking youths’ grant applications
FirstFruits Marketing, the grower of the Opal apple, is seeking applications from youth-led nonprofit organizations to benefit from Opal sales as part of the Youth Make a Difference initiative, a campaign designed to provide financial... more »
USApple selects 2019 Young Apple Leaders
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) today announced its class of 2019 Young Apple Leaders. Twenty-two accomplished and aspiring young women and men were selected by the organization to join with, and learn from, USApple leaders... more »
Three Washington tree fruit companies acquired by N.C. firm
Three large Washington tree fruit companies have been acquired by a North Carolina firm. International Farming Corporation (IFC), a North Carolina asset management firm focused on the agricultural sector, said in a released statement Jan.... more »
Interpoma China: New location Shanghai for the third edition
The Chinese market is getting more and more attractive for the apple sector: China is the first producer in the world, with 44 million tons, and has an ever-increasing need to innovate the methods of... more »
Natural habitats, bee diversity aids better apple production
A Cornell-led study, published Jan. 18 in the journal Science, shows that apple orchards surrounded by agricultural lands are visited by a less diverse collection of bee species than orchards surrounded by natural habitats. In turn,... more »
Counting app released for Munckhof’s Pluk-O-Trak
Munckhof Fruit Tech Innovators have debuted automatic counting function for its Pluk-O-Trak advanced harvesting system. The new product automatically counts the quantity of harvested fruit per picker and per row. The new app will help... more »
US fresh apple holdings down from average
U.S. fresh apple holdings in January are down compared to a year ago, as well as compared to the 5-year average, according to the U.S. Apple Association. U.S. Apple recently conducted a survey of storage facilities,... more »
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