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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.
RT @findtj: Want to be on our next cover? We're looking for your best photos from around the globe highlighting tree fruit and grape growin…
Beginning today, producers of fresh sweet cherries may apply for mitigation payments aimed at helping farmers hurt… https://t.co/YJx8VZtpeM
RT @SwassRoss: Pink Sparkle apple variety in North Idaho because ... well, because everything is better with sparkles. https://t.co/oqzVwcr…
New U.S. apple crop estimate revised downward @US_Apples meeting. Read our day 2 wrap to learn more. https://t.co/qwkCNc0th1 @SwassRoss
RT @SwassRoss: Apple pie egg rolls. Good break food. #AppleOutlook2018 https://t.co/Nu8LH5ScWi
RT @SwassRoss: Ag trucking lobbyist Jon Samson: Discussion in DC has moved from ELD mandate to seeking flexibility in hours of service. #Ap…
RT @SwassRoss: US Apple Association filmed a commercial starring chairman Mark Boyer of and aired it on shows the President is known to wat…
RT @SwassRoss: We’re No. 2! We’re No. 2! https://t.co/A6hG26ZtmR
A record crop in Europe, a horrible crop in China, and new king apple crowned in America. It’s all in our update fr… https://t.co/m8olqMDtq6
RT @US_Apples: Top Five Export Destinations as of August 3rd 2018 @USDA @US_Apples #AppleOutlook2018 https://t.co/NqPvgR782T
RT @US_Apples: At $3.55 Billion, farm gate value of the 2017 crop was up 3% over 2016 and set a new record. #AppleOutlook2018 https://t.co/…
RT @US_Apples: 2018 @USDA Apple Crop Forecast: 272.7 Million Bushels 🍎🍏
4th Largest Crop https://t.co/ThqLxEvtyU
RT @US_Apples: Continued: ”However, Red Delicious is important in the export market, where it makes up roughly half of our apple exports.”…
RT @US_Apples: “The rise in production of newer varieties of apples aimed at the fresh consumption market has caused demand for Red Delicio…
RT @SwassRoss: Choi: Some Chinese growers in hard hit frost areas gave up on their crop this year and sought temporary jobs in nearby citie…
RT @SwassRoss: Michael Choi: China expects a crop of 32 million metric tons, a 28 percent reduction from 2017, due to horrible frost in Apr…
RT @SwassRoss: A few statistical highlights from US Apple:
2017 crop set a record for farm gate value at $3.55 billion. 2017 set export vol…
RT @SwassRoss: In spite of trade challenges, "we have very, very good reason to be optimistic," said Mark Seetin of USApple. #AppleOutlook2…
RT @SwassRoss: 4 percent of U.S. grocery dollars are spent online, but that could go double digits soon, said Darren Seifer, food industry…
RT @SwassRoss: There’s a new king. Gala is expected to be the No. 1 Apple by volume in the U.S. #AppleOutlook2018 https://t.co/tG5k5zoGWD
RT @US_Apples: “91% of the time apples are likely to be eaten as a base dish” -Darren Seifer @npdgroup
RT @US_Apples: Keynote speaker, Darren Seifer, (@npdgroup) presents findings on “Eating Patterns in America” at the #AppleOutllook2018 Conf…
RT @SwassRoss: California grower and USApple board secretary kicks off the 2018 Apple Outlook in Chicago. It continues tomorrow. #AppleOutl…
RT @US_Apples: Jim Bair, U.S. Apple Association President & CEO, kicks off the #AppleOutlook2018 Conference https://t.co/IU24KJ0yAm
RT @US_Apples: Today is the big day! We're in #Chicago🏙 for the #AppleOutlook2018🍎🍏Conference. Stay tuned for live updates throughout the d…
In today's Good Fruit Grower eFlash, see how WSU researchers are shaking things up in the orchard with an apple har… https://t.co/F3brXNd2sF
RT @SwassRoss: Dried cherry pits discarded from a processor as ground cover and dust abatement at Schilperoort Farms in Sunnyside. #WSGSvit…
RT @SwassRoss: One wet zone, one dry zone with phoem, one girdled dry zone with disrupted phloem. Moisture and nutrients move both up and d…
RT @catieajones: Station 1: Drip irrigation in concords with Dr Markus Keller @WSU_Vit_Ext @WSU_IAREC #WSGSvitday https://t.co/TzuuFrDUtZ
RT @catieajones: Station 4 continued: PhD candidate Nataliya Shcherbatyuk explains transport tissues in grapevines @WSU_IAREC @WSU_Vit_Ext…
RT @catieajones: Station 3 continued: PhD student Katherine East explaining where to find #nematodes in the #vineyard #soil @WSU_IAREC @WSU…
RT @catieajones: Station 4: PhD candidate Joelle Martinez explaining water movement in grapevine and how to measure @WSU_Vit_Ext @WSU_IAREC…
RT @SwassRoss: Know your nematodes says Katherine East of WSU. Different kinds show up in different soil locations. #WSGSvitday https://t.c…
Ross Courtney will be tweeting from Sunnyside today during @WSUWineScience Viticulture day. https://t.co/03iswx3PHQ
Our new Good Fruit Grower eFlash is out: See how new high-tech systems promise to keep pesky birds from pecking awa… https://t.co/qp9NXQjah9
In our new Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Don’t stop cutting away fire blight after harvest, or a bad season will get wo… https://t.co/qaSNUBDFDw
RT @sdininny: Congratulations to Zenaida Ruiz Martinez, recipient of the Good Fruit Grower scholarship through Washington Apple Education F…
Our next Good Fruit Grower eFlash is here: Join us for a ride on the IFTA summer tour in B.C. -… https://t.co/RU2x53ZsS8
The tour is over, but the growing continues… #iftaBC https://t.co/LgsfnZqm4l
RT @SwassRoss: Dordenberg Orchards, the final and most scenic stop on the tour, with the upper reaches of Okanagan Lake in the background.…
RT @SwassRoss: A mature block of Sunrise, an older BC variety, in a Lake Country orchard. BC Tree Fruits use them for a kind of direct mark…
RT @SwassRoss: Molly Thurston searches for clear wing moth in a trap homemade with a soda bottle and a grape juice-vinegar solution in a Ho…
RT @SwassRoss: Molly Thurston: “This is our last day together.”
Us: “Awwwwww.” https://t.co/sq5bKRUqEP
RT @SwassRoss: Corral Beach Farms uses toothpicks to train young Regina trees. #iftaBC https://t.co/QD5CpqsEGD
Where no cherry has gone before — IFTA BC tour Day 2 #iftaBC https://t.co/pRqX9YQSbu
@findtj @iFruitTree Get it while it’s online and share this with attendees too!
RT @findtj: @iFruitTree @goodfruitgrower OK all here’s the high-res version of the group photo! https://t.co/TorA82HxHx
RT @findtj: St. Anne’s Church, built in 1889 is one of the oldest surviving churches in the North Okanagan Valley. The pump organ on the ri…
RT @SwassRoss: “You have to get your mind around inviting people to your farm,” said Tom Davison, a fourth generation production apple orch…
Woah 😲 https://t.co/tXVPqilaQw
RT @SwassRoss: Aided by late varieties and global warming, Corral Beach Farms is growing cherries at the north end of the Okanagan Valley a…
RT @SwassRoss: Cider is a theme of this year’s tour. BC growers are seeing a spike in demand. It’s an outlet for off grade desert apples bu…
RT @SwassRoss: Found out Nova Scotia had a rough spring, with a June 4 freeze causing significant apple damage. Fruit was at 7 mm. That’s u…
RT @SwassRoss: Apple trees in BC and other areas with winter snow get the southwest effect, a bark cracking caused by light reflecting off…
RT @SwassRoss: Blackened hillsides from seasonal forest fires provide a visual backdrop for this year’s tour. Some of the organizers have s…
RT @findtj: Greg Lang, @HorticultureMSU, talks to # attendees about the UFO, tall spindle ax and KGB systems at Summerland RDC. For the VR…
RT @SwassRoss: Greg Lang: we have had UFO, KGB and TSA. Now we have WTF...whole tree fruit renewal, that is. #iftaBc
RT @SwassRoss: Greg Lang of Michigan State University says results favor UFO growing system across most varieties and geography over tall s…
RT @SwassRoss: Peter Toivonen of Summerland research station is running trials combining use of spectrometer and DA meter to line up maturi…
RT @sdininny: WSU’s Stefano Musacchi notes we’re no longer talking about just pruning Cosmic Crisp, but also management of the variety. #Co…
Follow our team as they tour British Columbia’s tree fruit growing regions for #iftaBC over the next few days. Here… https://t.co/C2sjUiUmM8
RT @SwassRoss: Simple instructions at the Summerland research station. #iftaBc https://t.co/bU7EGIMjGU
RT @SwassRoss: Hank Markgraf is aboard. IFTA Okanagan Valley, BC, is underway. Stops today include Summerland research station, an orchard…
RT @findtj: Summer tour #iftaBC is a go! Keep an eye on our feeds for the latest posts from Canada this week. @goodfruitgrower @SwassRoss a…
Our new Good Fruit Grower eFlash is here: See why G.41 rootstock needs a little extra care - https://t.co/SJstAqMUrR https://t.co/2BW4St5s9K
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RT @findtj: Nobody wants to find little cherry symptoms, however, with harvest still plugging along, here’s a quick review of what symptoms…
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Our Good Fruit Grower eFlash arrived today — Read our updates on U.S. growers facing international trade disputes a… https://t.co/MG5o7ykIEo
RT @findtj: Volcanic cherry growing? Not many cherry orchards this high up on the slope of #MtHood, Oregon. This was a fun story with @Swas…
In today's Good Fruit Grower eFlash: Cherries from on high dwarfing rootstocks, testing Gisela and why you need nat… https://t.co/0cjIvwqjhJ
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