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Soils & Nutrients

Featured stories about soils and nutrients appear in this issue.

Fight fast food

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Fruit growers need to take on the processed-food industry in the same way that people challenged the tobacco industry a generation ago, Australian nutritionist Dr.

First Bite

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Tom Van Well checks the rooting of CG.202 rootstocks at Waimea Nursery in Nelson Good Fruit Grower is a nonprofit, grower-owned magazine with

Growers want antidumping changes

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British Columbia fruit growers are spearheading an initiative to help prevent Washington State orchardists from dumping cheap apples and cherries into Canada. At the Canadian

Transition now to new pest controls

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An Esteem-intoxicated obliquebanded leafroller larva showing deformities to its external body structures. This article is the second in a series intended to help the apple

How soil EC works

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To illustrate how soil electrical conductivity works, Craig Walters uses a science experiment from high school. "Remember in high school when we wrapped nails with

New nutrient guidelines

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Dr. Scott Johnson's stone fruit nutrient deficiency studies have led researchers to look anew at traditional nutrient analysis sampling methods and deficiency threshold levels. Based

Too many AVAs?

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The rapid proliferation of American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) in Washington State—four of the nine were approved in the last two years, with more coming—can help

What is an AVA?

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An American Viticultural Area, sometimes called an appellation, is defined as: a delimited grape-growing region that is distinguishable by geographic features with boundaries that are

Working for Ag Labor Reform

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With the spring apple blossom time upon us, it might seem a bit early to be thinking about harvest, but the extra labor needed at

Flower power

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The California poppy may have potential as a cover crop to attract beneficial insects to eastern Washington vineyards. Washington State University scientists have found that

A hundred bins

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Brett Drescher of Washington (left) and Chris Kropf of Michigan discuss the phenomenal production at Richard Hoddy's orchard. Members of the International Fruit Tree Association