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Pesticide survey set by USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials plan upcoming surveys to collect information about pesticides used by fruit growers and general farming practices employed by barley producers.Beginning Saturday, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service will contact growers... more »
UK farm needs a few good sweet cherries
A couple of years ago, G.H. Dean & Co. decided to invest “quite significantly” in sweet cherries. As part of the plan, the family farm in Sittingbourne, England, will plant up to 120 acres of... more »
Fruit growers have a lot to learn at the 2011 Great Lakes EXPO
This year’s Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO will offer a variety of educational sessions and special events. There should be something of interest for everyone attending. The 2011 EXPO is scheduled for... more »
Dealing with flooded berry fields
Record-breaking rains in the East have left many berry growers with unmarketable crops. What had been shaping up to be a decent season for fall raspberries and day-neutral strawberries has quickly turned into a bad... more »
Research continues at English facility
Modern apple growers owe their livelihoods to East Malling Research (EMR). That was one of the refrains heard over and over again during the International Fruit Tree Association’s (IFTA) tour of England, The Netherlands and... more »
Researchers studying blueberry splitting
USDA researchers and a university colleague have found several factors involved in blueberry splitting, a significant problem that can cause losses of $300 to $500 per acre. Splitting and cracking occur in southern highbush and... more »
Hurricane Irene fruit crop damage not as bad as feared
Fruit growers in the Eastern United States seem to have been spared much of the damage that was feared from Hurricane Irene when it came to land Aug. 27 and 28.So far, FGN has learned... more »
Spotted Wing Drosophila catches are picking up
Widespread monitoring in commercial fruit farms across Michigan by Michigan State University research and Extension staff has so far detected spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) at only a small proportion of the hundreds of sites where... more »
Experimenting with high-density blocks
In March, an International Fruit Tree Association tour visited C&M Orchards near Prosser, Wash., where owners Craig and Mike O’Brien showed their visitors a 52-acre block of high-density apples they planted in 2000. The apples... more »
‘Dirty dozen’ debate
Let’s pretend we’re at a debate, where the opponents argue their positions in a civilized, reasonable manner. Nah, that’s boring. Let’s pretend we’re watching one of those obnoxious news shows where people sit around a... more »
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