Other teaching programs
Washington State has several educational options for students interested in viticulture and enology. A four-year degree is offered at Washington
Robotic pruning
If researchers achieve the goals they have set for themselves, apple and grape growers should see the day when their
Classes for Hispanics
Wenatchee Valley College will offer two employee educational programs for the 2012-2013 academic year—level one of its Hispanic Orchard Employee
Growers try it out
About 50 people—growers and their employees—attended a late-September demonstration in the Jonagold orchard owned by David Rennhack in Hart, Michigan.
Automated crop estimating
Robotics experts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania are confident they can develop a machine able to count apples in
Fixed spray system evaluated in New York
For Cornell University entomologist Dr. Art Agnello, the grant funding for research to develop and evaluate the Solid Set Canopy
Cold is hot topic at Expo
Great Lakes region fruit growers won’t soon forget 2012, the year that Mother Nature, for the first time in the
Austrian researcher tests seaweed claims
Manufacturers of biostimulants derived from seaweed, or algae, say the products can provide multiple benefits when applied to crops.
Purported benefits
Sterile insects get a boost
In 1959, the very nasty flesh-invading screwworm fly was eradicated from Florida using a new kind of technology called SIT—Sterile
Students follow grapes from berry to bottle
During the second week of class, having had just two lectures to learn about safety and sanitation, Trent Ball’s students