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Michigan Cultivates a New Industry: Cranberries
Michigan agricultural officials see a big opportunity for jobs in a little red berry that is rapidly growing in popularity. The Detroit News more »
Pheromone-Based Approaches To Managing Pests
Many fruit growers are making pheromone-based mating disruption the foundation of their pest management programs. An estimated 500,000 acres worldwide, including nearly 175,000 acres in North America, are treated with pheromone to control codling moth... more »
January Fresh Apple Holdings up 7 Percent from 2008
January movement of fresh and processing apples was 7 percent above the same month last year and 14.4 percent higher than the five-year average, according to the U.S. Apple Association's monthly survey of fresh apple... more »
The Light Turns Green
If everything has gone right, we should be about two weeks into a new administration in Washington and seeing signs of things to come. The key question is, progress or discord? I feel optimistic when... more »
Growers Plan To Replant Some Orchard Sites Lost To Plum Pox
Tim Weiser plans to plant 7 acres of stone fruit next spring, and some of his neighbors are planting, too. That’s a big deal in Adams County. Adams County, the biggest producer of stone fruits... more »
Northeast Growers Reach More Customers with Red Tomato
About 40 farms in New England, New York and Pennsylvania sell produce through Red Tomato – and none of them appear to have a bad word to say about it. Some of them rely on... more »
Carnegie Mellon developing automated systems to enable precision farming
Two groups of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have received a total of $10 million in grants from USDA to build automated farming systems. One is for apple growers and one is for... more »
English Growers Love Their High Tunnels
Growing sweet cherries in England is a challenge, to say the least, with the constant moisture and windy conditions. Organic sweet cherry plantings in that climate face even more challenges because of the lack of... more »
Washington Fruit Growers’ Meeting Dec. 1-3 in Yakima
The 104th annual meeting of the Washington State Horticultural Association (WSHA) will be held Dec. 1-3 (Monday through Wednesday) at the Yakima Convention Center in Yakima, Wash.The meeting is a three-day educational gathering of tree... more »
Strawberry Hill
In the South, tradition and family mean a lot, and sometimes new ventures can be disruptive – especially if they’re successful. That’s the way it is at Strawberry Hill USA, in Chesnee, S. C. This... more »
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