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We will be covering the 112th Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting and Northwest Hort Expo on December 5-7, 2016, at the Wenatchee Convention Center.
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The Wenatchee Convention Center will be open to attendees Monday: 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Tuesday: 8 a.m.–10 p.m., Wednesday: 8 a.m.–2 p.m.
For more information about the sessions, download or view the 2016 program guide here.
USApple leader: Trade wars hurt everyone’s bottom line | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/r8N5O74WFO
Some California Farmers Already Feeling Impacts Of Possible Tariffs - https://t.co/regEmpmums https://t.co/oamyeGAZ5G
Smart tips for orchardists to protect themselves from wildfires. https://t.co/WTU75L6JfY
Agriculture secretary says he’s telling Trump to consider rejoining TPP - The Washington Post https://t.co/Yj91lxgmP1
Glyphosate-resistance is primary weed concern for wine grape growers in Washington state. https://t.co/8DpMa0IMI5
A researcher seeks to determine which indicators are most important in soil. https://t.co/GtlOz99oaE
Phytelligence forms partnership in India | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/IalGFE1vHN
Weed worries: Herbicide-resistant species are top of mind | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/8DpMa0IMI5
RT @IrishAppleGroup: More from #iftanz. The trip that keeps on giving. https://t.co/ZnPgbTlE0d
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: More useful lessons from New Zealand's innovators - https://t.co/eGoP4Dp6vH https://t.co/WtEZc32vg8
Food, innovation and resilience in the face of climate change | The Seattle Times https://t.co/am4g6X9Tl4
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: More useful lessons from New Zealand's innovators - https://t.co/HPCoXB31mG https://t.co/722wxO1oWF
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: More lessons from New Zealand's innovators - https://t.co/wFQpP5oaP5 https://t.co/PlXnCZRXUH
Jim Moyer and so many others @wsucahnrs are world leaders in ag and key to the Northwest's leadership in tree fruit. https://t.co/uV5RWhpHYr
Orchard netting can help prevent sunburn in addition to providing hail protection. Our report from @iFruitTree in… https://t.co/K87x3Q0t20
@wsuCSANR Thergdsdfedf!
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Looking deep into Honeycrisp, finding bitter pit solutions - https://t.co/w5VV3HO0HQ https://t.co/1eRIGy2gle
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Looking deep into Honeycrisp, finding solutions to bitter pit. - https://t.co/BxkhSogyxY https://t.co/bA3XAhL0sD
More organic than thou? Rebel farmers create new food label | The Seattle Times https://t.co/mIhkrSY5ef
RT @findtj: Ready and waiting. 😏 #onassignment https://t.co/2t217Jmm09
Officials say they know why Priest Rapids Dam is leaking | Local | https://t.co/0HIyEwE8uj https://t.co/eefmcw2lXr
RT @WAEF_ORG: Jon DeVaney: Tree fruit growers: it’s time to protect Dreamers https://t.co/SWLmPvcJo8
Easing of tensions?Chinese President Xi announces plan to “open” China, including lowering tariffs on auto imports. https://t.co/Zs3TPlmlZx
US Apple denounces as “harmful” and “inaccurate” EWG’s so-called annual Dirty Dozen list | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/Id21R310fH
USApple: fresh apple inventories from 2017 crop at 61.3m bushels | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/J5QtX3js2X
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: SPECIAL REPORT-Learning from New Zealand - https://t.co/VhDCXs93Hx
@US_Apples says fresh apple holdings on April 1 totaled 61.3m bushels, 16 percent more than year ago. Processing h… https://t.co/81QHDIW0ek
New Zealand’s Honeycrisp blossoms in Timaru – Astonishing video you must see. #ifta #honeycrisp | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/riuhrnU3jx
Who wins in China-U.S. trade tiff? How about Australia? reports CNBC | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/KpsBmjyRHF
Our Managing Editor, Casey Corr, on how improvements to the magazine are inspired by innovations in the fruit indu… https://t.co/x9Hzun7az6
RT @WSU_Vit_Ext: For those who still read print (!), great article in the Yakima Herald on Women in Ag #womeninag #WomenInScience #WomenInS…
Coming Monday: China hits U.S. fruit, other goods. https://t.co/XRyxSwU0DW
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: How-to video on pruning Cosmic Crisp and much about bees - https://t.co/yenEvLdzkm
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: How-to video on pruning Cosmic Crisp and much about bees - https://t.co/QaJFDLruTn
The Blue orchard bees are getting a lot of buzz. https://t.co/IbrxEkBNA2
RT @findtj: Learn how to prune #CosmicCrisp with Stefano Musacchi using the click method in our latest video! https://t.co/UHZkJR3s6T @WSUT…
The view from Great Britain. Cosmic crisp – a new apple to get your teeth into | Science | The Guardian https://t.co/TZiXv4aLTJ
Click thinking: High-density success depends on pruning style | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/MYsExQnGaQ
WSU expended $42.8m in USDA research and develop funding in 2016. #WSU @wsuCSANR https://t.co/EmhUCYx9Wf
WSU No. 1 in USDA research, development expenditures | CAHNRS News | Washington State University https://t.co/vGFSnFjnwh
Effort aims to introduce housing for farmworkers in Yakima | Local | https://t.co/0HIyEwE8uj https://t.co/GMjI1pPO3q
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Dollars from China, and worries about a trade war with China - https://t.co/L0F1m0CziG
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Dollars from China, and worries about a trade war with China - https://t.co/IDvGklr1wI
“The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is extremely disappointed that apple growers have been caught in the crosshai… https://t.co/9x2fik0fx9
China responds to Trump tariffs with proposed list of US products to target, including fresh fruit https://t.co/Sl09jevYh5
RT @findtj: Organic Fujis getting washed before they head off to #traderjoes — seen during the final day of the WSU fruit school. #WSUtreef…
USDA awards $63.5m to support clean plant stock | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/eavx14Z2c6
Washington wine foundation adds new members | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/dBvDx4piH6
When tree fruit growers meet lawmakers | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/LZiSA4hpvj
RT @TreeFruitRob: Day 1 of @WSUTreeFruitExt @Postharvest Fruit School done! Went superbly, tomorrow we up it again with streaming with conc…
RT @sdininny: Beth Mitcham from UC Davis at WA Fruit School on pear ripening: Magic temp seems to be 50 degrees F, according to Bartlett st…
RT @sdininny: Michigan State’s Randy Beaudry with tips at Washington Fruit School: Retain suppresses ethylene production, but not ethylene…
RT @kprengaman: @TreeFruitRob starts the morning off with some bleak food waste numbers - $65 billion worth of food wasted every year. Post…
RT @kprengaman: Debbie Rees of the East Malling Center in the UK says respiration monitoring shows apples from different orchards tolerate…
RT @kprengaman: The apples have been trying to tell us if when they are stressed by storage conditions & at risk of disorders. New tools he…
RT @kprengaman: Randy Beaudry, MSU physiologist, it making me feel sympathy for apples! Think of all the stress apples face as we pull them…
RT @kprengaman: Wow, there are a lot of tools to assess fruit maturity, from quick iodine dips for starch to lab equipment to assess acidit…
RT @kprengaman: Ever wonder what 1-MCP is short for? Nate Reed of AgroFresh jokes that it stands for More Consistent Produce 😉
(Also, 1-m…
RT @kprengaman: Use of postharvest powerhouse 1-MCP in the orchard, pre-harvest, offers a variety of quality benefits, said physiologist Je…
RT @kprengaman: Or as Ines Hanrahan with the Wa Tree Fruit Research Comm. said, "your packinghouse is not a hospital, no sick patients are…
RT @kprengaman: More fundamentals from Bill Wolk, BC Tree Fruit Coop: Fruit quality is 100% created in the orchard, the role of good storag…
RT @kprengaman: I'm at the WSU postharvest fruit school today. Key concepts to keep in mind for the day: 1. Our fruit is alive! 2. We want…
Our report: Legal battle over Cosmic Crisp unlikely to affect availability of new trees, plus how litigation began. https://t.co/i9TmPArdti
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: A battle over Cosmic Crisp and all about pests - https://t.co/jmfChCjSU1
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: A battle over Cosmic Crisp and all about pests - https://t.co/Pjw1pyv9Li
WSU talks tough, Phytelligence talks softer in suits over Cosmic Crisp | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/UZcgRqfyrL
WSU puts out statement on its counter suit over Cosmic Crisp | WSU News | Washington State University https://t.co/qqDw0P9Rut
Food stamps fight threatens farm bill before it’s out of the gate - POLITICO https://t.co/M3jOBKz9MA
WSU and Phytelligence sue each other over Cosmic Crisp, GeekWire reports | Good Fruit Grower #WSU https://t.co/UZcgRqfyrL
RT @caseycorr: And now a word from Mother Nature. Spring has come to the Yakima Valley. https://t.co/FIaIEZRLU9
Washington research commission hires special projects coordinator | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/5bqA6EPl9z
Pear Bureau Northwest announces election | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/RW1GpbpLF7
Domex Superfresh appoints director of business development | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/qWUWcYDnzF
Dobashi named CEO of wafla as part of other personnel changes | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/jwf48HJBHe
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: A biocontrol success story, resistant powdery mildew - https://t.co/zo7zUn6AnP
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: A biocontrol success story, resistant powdery mildew- https://t.co/poPm87iujP
Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Honors from New Zealand, how a drone could work at your farm - https://t.co/MbkpR1qt5A
Good Fruit Grower eFlash:IFTA gives honors in NZ, how a drone could work at your farm- https://t.co/iebOtysuqF
Study shows temps at which cherry buds are damaged | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/B3rRIPmZoZ
Munch Madness? USApple rolls out pun-laden promotion | Good Fruit Grower https://t.co/D2OlQNgXnW
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