Category: Pacific Northwest
Researchers advance orchard automation technology with AI pruning and thinning
Researchers are testing orchard automation technology. Read how AI and robotics could help improve pruning, thinning and labor productivity in fruit production.
CMI cites rapid growth with leadership promotions
CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Washington, is making leadership changes during what it calls an era of major growth.
Washington Winegrowers Association names executive director
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Pear Bureau Northwest celebrates World Pear Day
Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW) is celebrating World Pear Day Dec. 2 by showcasing global dishes through live-streaming culinary platform Kittch.
Sym-Agro names new Pacific Northwest sales manager
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Sym-Agro names Pacific Northwest sales manager
Sym-Agro has hired Mark Gibbs as Pacific Northwest sales manager for western Oregon and Washington, focusing on winegrapes, berries, tree fruit and hazelnuts.
Stemilt showcases apples, pears at IFPA Show
Stemilt will feature unique and new varieties of apples and pears at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
WSU presents sessions on pear pests, IPM
Washington State University (WSU) is presenting two “pear study circles” on pests and how to control them.
USDA opens comments to Pacific NW pear marketing order change
The USDA is proposing a change to the federal marketing order for pears grown in Oregon and Washington.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits opens apple processing facility
British Columbia-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits has opened an apple processing facility on 42.5 acres in Moses Lake, Washington.
CMI Orchards launches new KIKU apples packaging
CMI Orchards plans to unveil a refreshed look for super sweet KIKU brand apples at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
Starr Ranch, CMI Orchards unite with apples, pears, cherries
Starr Ranch Growers/Oneonta Trading Co. have an agreement to join forces with CMI Orchards, delivering more than eight million cartons to CMI’s manifest.
Harvests start with high hopes for apple season
Apple growers in Washington, Michigan and New York are optimistic for the 2023-24 fresh apple season.
U.S. apple crop forecast at 256 million bushels
The U.S. apple crop for 2023-24 is expected to top 256 million 42-pound bushels, according to the U.S. Apple Association.
WSU releases WA 64, a Honeycrisp, Cripps Pink hybrid
Washington State University’s (WSU) newest apple variety, WA 64, is a sweet, tart, firmly crisp hybrid of Honeycrisp and Cripps Pink, a variety that includes the well-known Pink Lady brand.
Pacific Northwest pear growers vote to keep marketing order
Pear producers in Washington and Oregon have voted to continue their federal marketing order this year, with the largest margin in the order’s history.
Higher 2023 Washington apple production forecast
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Construction begins on USDA-WSU research building
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant sciences building that will house scientists from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University.
Irrigation to be focus of July 21 WSU Smart Vineyard field day
WSU Smart Vineyard field day Washington State University vineyards irrigation winegrapes
Sensors help trees tell growers when they are thirsty
The traditional method of using technology to alert growers of the need to irrigate involves soil-based sensors, which do well at relaying moisture data at a specific depth and location.