One of Travis Bratschi’s mounded rows at his Northwest Michigan orchard. The Honeycrisp trees on Nic.29 were planted in 2014. Bratschi started mounding his Honeycrisps…
Northern Sun Winery is a 5.5-acre vineyard and winery located in the south-central Upper Peninsula of Michigan, about 7 miles inland from the northwest coast…
What’s missing? Irrigation. Stan Devoto commercially dry-farms wholesale dessert and cider apples, nearing harvest in this August photo, in the hills of western Sonoma County,…
This is what you will see from an automated camera trap: a photo of sticky paper delineating target pests, in this example codling moth, provided…
Washington State University graduate student Basavaraj Amogi measures fruit growth in a Prosser, Washington, orchard outfitted with fruit surface temperature sensors and in-canopy weather sensors…
Cornish Apple – Apples are one of the most popular fruits — and for good reason. They’re an exceptionally healthy fruit with many research-backed benefits.…
On the new packing line for Honeybear Growers, early Honeycrisps presorted for bagging in August move along interior conveyors toward automated filling machines, while outside…
Leslie Wada Leslie Wada, a longtime blueberry research consultant has been hired as the senior director of nutrition and health research for the industry’s two…
The Washington Winegrowers Association announced in a news release plans to hold WineVit 2022 in-person Feb. 7–10 at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick,…
The Washington State Grape Society will hold its 2021 annual meeting and trade show Nov. 18–19 in Grandview, Washington. Along with the State of the…