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Washington State grape crop wraps up

Final harvest numbers expected to be released in December.

Melissa Hansen

Washington apples exported at astonishing pace

Short supplies in other growing regions have set the stage for record shipments and prices for Washington apples.

Geraldine Warner

Washington fruit companies buy stake in Chilean businesses

Gebbers Farms and Chelan Fruit Cooperative have joined forces with four Chilean fruit companies to supply fruit year round worldwide.

Nominations sought for cherry committee

Des Layne to join WSU

Layne will fill the first of several new technology transfer positions.

Poston named dean of MSU College of Agriculture

Fred Poston, Michigan State University’s vice president for finance and operations, will return to a position he left 15 years ago and become dean of the university’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Michigan fruit tree inventory numbers released

Information on the latest Michigan inventory of fruit trees continues to be released, with results now having been compiled for pears, plums, and nectarines.

Fruit crop insurance signup deadline November 20

Fruit growers in the eastern United States got a demonstration of the value of crop insurance this year as Mother Nature wiped away their crops in a series of spring freezes, hail storms, and summer drought.Now, they have until November 20 to decide whether to sign up, renew, cancel out, or modify their multi-peril crop insurance for 2013.

Richard Lehnert

WSU wine science center site dedicated

New wine science center will be built at the entrance to WSU Tri-Cities on land donated by the Port of Benton.

Melissa Hansen

Employers should be careful when helping DREAMer applicants

Employers should not provide employment verification letters specifically to support a deferred action re quest by employees, so-called DREAMers, seeking protection from deportation.

Richard Lehnert