family background/ Ty graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in ag business and plant science. He’s the son of Becky and Andy…
Trellised peach trees at Greendale Orchard in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, last September. Orchard manager Roy Slothour said growing processing peaches on trellises delivers higher yields a…
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Lake Ontario Fruit Summer Tour 2022 will be held Aug. 9 in eastern Orleans County, New York. The all-day tour, hosted by…
Mark De Kleine, the president and CEO of TrellX, drills post holes in October 2021 for a trellis superstructure that will support both trees and…
A drone at rest in a Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory vineyard in Portland, New York. Cornell researchers deploy various sensors on drones…
Joe Cotta, manager of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ Cold Creek Vineyard in Benton County, Washington, talks about how he’s trying to find the balance between…
Honeycrisp harvest at Mt. Ridge Farms in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in September. New planar growing systems allow for mobile platforms and less labor-intensive ladder work.…
Cornish Apple – Jeff Colombini grows trellised apples above his force row cutouts. He stops irrigating approximately 5 to 6 days earlier than harvest to…
Cornish Apple – Intense storms in Pennsylvania in recent years felled trees, split apples and washed out orchard driveways. Take September 2021, for example.
Cornish Apple – The climate whiplash Western winery managers are used to — from drought to flood and warm to cold — is intensifying with…