Critical water status times
There are five periods during the growing season when growers using a deficit irrigation strategy need to pay close attention
Protect your fruitlets
Imagine a baby's bottom exposed for the first time to the sun. That's how a Washington State crop consultant thinks
Learn new pest practices
A tachinid fly stalks an obliquebanded leafroller larva. Tachinids are an important natural enemy of leafrollers in the Pacific Northwest.
PMTP surveys consultants
>by Nadine Lehrer, Jay Brunner, Keith Granger, and Wendy Jones, WSU Washington apple growers are phasing out the use of
Stone fruit thinning
A drum shaker to thin off green fruit in soft fruit orchards is being tested in Pennsylvania. Mechanical thinning is
More worker housing
North central Washington has more housing for migrant farmworkers this season, despite the closure of a 350-bed short-term tent camp
Screen saves fish and money
For more information check the Web sites: www.farmerscreen.org, www.fcasolutions.org, and www.rootofsustainability.org. The nonprofit Farmers Conservation Alliance, based in Hood River,
Irrigating to save money
Withholding water from this Columbia Valley Merlot vineyard desiccated the basal leaves by mid-July, eliminating the need for leaf removal.
Managing vine stress
The shoot tips in this Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard are missing, a sign that canopy growth stopped and the
Last Bite – A Sunday drive
lthough every fruit box label has a story to tell, the tale of the Rosehill brand can almost be understood