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Soils & Nutrients

Featured stories about soils and nutrients appear in this issue.

First Bite

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How does one start a perennial fruit crop? By planting it into the ground. The soil. That is where it all starts. Sometimes we take

Managing the orchard floor

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These Regina on Gisela 6 rootstock cherry trees, grown under a bark mulch, are part of an Oregon State University research project studying the nutrient

Learn by doing

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Twenty years ago, when apples suddenly became a profitable crop to plant in California's San Joaquin Valley, few had experience in growing the new fruit.

Good Stuff

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Sweet but lethalSucraShield, a new pesticide made from natural sugars and food-grade fatty acids, is labeled for control of soft-bodied insects and mites on many

Vineyard preserves diversity

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Le Vieux Pin winery at Oliver, British Columbia, Canada, has retained some of its apricot, apple, and pear trees. Some people are giving a second

How to start a winery

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A good business plan will help avoid the pitfalls of trial and error in designing and building a winery, says Norm McKibben, partner in Pepper

Good to know

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This highly feathered tree is perfect for establishing the tall spindle planting system. The quality of the nursery tree planted in the orchard is considered

Last Bite

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The Wenatchee Produce Company, with its famous Rose brand label, was among the largest fruit shippers in the state of Washington for nearly 40 years.

Fertilizer suppliers and users

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The world's largest fertilizer users are the United States, China, India, Russia, and Brazil, according to The Fertilizer Institute. Nitrogen: The United States is the

Good question

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A weak U.S. dollar means different things to different people and countries. When measured against foreign currencies, it can be a strength or disadvantage, opportunity