Crop Management
Light Brown Apple Moth Detected in Four California Counties
The light brown apple moth, a serious pest of apples in other countries and a quarantine pest in the United States, has been found in four San Francisco Bay-area counties, according to the California Department... more »
High-density Orchards, Dwarfing Rootstocks Gaining Popularity
High-density apple orchards on dwarfing rootstocks have become common in many apple growing regions of the world. This has allowed apple growers to achieve earlier production, higher production and better fruit quality than previously. However,... more »
Scheduling Achieves Agronomic Benefits Beyond Production
South Tyrol’s apple growing area extends to more than 44,400 acres, with virtually all this area being equipped with irrigation. Irrigation is in fact one of the pre-requisites for commercial apple production, although the amount... more »
Grower Finds Success At Supermarkets
From mid-May until the end of June, blueberries fly out of the packing plant at Sweet Berry Farms. In those six weeks, three million pounds of blueberries will be sold, bringing in the whole year’s... more »
The Squeeze is On – Not Just in Apple Juice
Every orchard and every firm in the apple business needs to have a strategy for dealing with the charge from China. For growers, that probably doesn’t mean planting more Fuji apple trees. Right now, China’s... more »
Irrigation Outlook Mixed
The irrigation outlook for 2005 is better than it has been in years, at least in Colorado. The last few years, water levels have been low due to drought, but local growers are hoping the... more »
Grape Grower Optimistic About 2005
What Michigan Niagara and Concord juice grape growers need is a really good year. For many of them, it’s been four bad years running. For grower Bill Schultz, near Mattawan: “Grapes used to be my... more »
Michigan Addresses New York’s Call for Mandatory Pasteurization
This is an open letter to our fellow apple cider makers’ in New York and throughout the country, who are subject to potential new policy changes in apple cider production. Alert—October 2004 It has been... more »
Oklahoma Grower Shares Tips and Sound Techniques
Lavon Williams has been growing blueberries for only a year, but he’s already learned enough to show other people how to do it. On June 11, Williams will host a group from the Kerr Center... more »
Taiwan Reopens Borders to U.S. Apples
The customer is always right. That adage, almost a cliché, certainly describes the attitude of many apple producers who seek export markets. Why else would they go to such lengths to get them? In recent... more »
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