Research
Washington State Wine Commission opens research grant portal
The Washington State Wine Commission (WSWC) is accepting viticulture and enology research proposals for the coming year. The Washington Wine Research Grant Portal will accept new and continuing research grant applications for Fiscal Year 2027... more »
Michigan Tree Fruit Commission: Start-up funding maintains tree fruit competitiveness
The Michigan Tree Fruit Commission (MTFC) was established by a producer referendum in 2014 to collect an assessment on Michigan’s apples, cherries, peaches and plums to support tree fruit research. The MTFC has since funded... more »
Senate committee to hear testimony on USDA reorganization
The Senate Agriculture Committee will hear from the No. 2 official at the USDA this week about the department’s reorganization plan. The plan, announced July 24, would shift more than half of the agency’s Washington,... more »
Northern California grape, olive field day scheduled
Registration has opened for this year’s Olive & Grape field day. The event, sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) in Davis, California, is scheduled for July 30 in Hopland, California. Topics to... more »
UGA trials examine watermelon variety performance
With consumers going from seeded to seedless watermelons and desiring darker rinds and smaller size melons, breeders are upping their game and producing better varieties that aren’t seeded, too big or light- skinned and possess... more »
Non-fresh market fruit topic of Georgia study
The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA) is looking into how products can be developed from culls or non-No. 1 fresh fruit. The LaGrange, Georgia-based GFVGA has secured funding to study the development of... more »
Everglades farmers get help battling crop diseases from UF/IFAS plant pathologist
Farmers in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) have a powerful new ally in the fight against crop diseases. Monica Navia-Urrutia is a plant pathologist at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences... more »
Michigan Apple Committee announces 2025 research projects
The Michigan Apple Committee (MAC) has approved funding for 10 research projects that address challenges growers face in producing apples. For 2025, the board allocated $249,995 for the projects that range from studying lenticel breakdown... more »
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