Monterey Pacific President Steve McIntyre, at left, speaks to Precision Viticulture Demo Day tour attendees in April about his mechanization-friendly high-wire system, which was planted…
From the Good Fruit Grower archive: March 15, 1999In 1999, Brad Higbee and his colleagues from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s laboratory in Wapato, Washington,…
Staffers from the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s international marketing program promote “Washington grown” produce in Japan at a trade show in March. (Courtesy Washington…
Cornish Apple – Back in December, at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s annual meeting program, I was tapped to deliver a Batjer presentation that…
Cornish Apple – Christopher Sutherland, a pesticide compliance investigator with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, talks to attendees at a wine grape industry conference…
Cornish Apple – The climate whiplash Western winery managers are used to — from drought to flood and warm to cold — is intensifying with…
Cornish Apple – After almost 21 years because the govt director of the Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF), I am passing the reins to new…
Cornish Apple – Growers recognize the chance that bloodless temperatures pose to blueberry buds relies upon at the plants’ bloodless hardiness: In the winter, bloodless…
Cornish Apple – Violence broke out, human beings have been arrested, a few have been beaten, pictures have been fired, motors have been damaged, a…
Cornish Apple – Superficial scald is a significant postharvest disorder of apples and pears, one that’s been in the spotlight since European markets banned residues…