Good Stuff
Bayer purchases AgraQuest Bayer Crop Science, headquartered in Germany, has purchased the U.S. biological crop-protection company AgraQuest, Inc., for $425
Looking for a bipartisan solution
Apple harvest season last year brought home to Dale Foreman just how important a reliable labor force was to his
Continued strong demand for vines
Northwest grape growers thinking about planting vines in the near future are advised to plan well ahead. Strong demand for
Cider is cool
Drew Zimmerman evaluates a single-variety cider he made from apples in WSU’s cider orchard. WSU scientists are compiling a
Growing great learners
Royal City School District Superintendent Rose Search and Cliff Plath of Washington Fruit and Produce Company visit the Growing
The ciders of Quebec
In Canada’s Quebec province, the word cider means only one thing—fermented apple juice. You don’t call it hard cider, or
Harvester studied for cider apples
An over-the-row raspberry harvester is tested for harvesting cider apples Geraldine Warner Cider apple growing overall requires fewer inputs than
Stinkbug biocontrol
Perdue University Extension Brown marmorated stinkbug, an invasive insect from Asia, swept over the Mid-Atlantic states’ fruit crops like a
Big demand for cider
Left: The bittersweet apple Harry Master’s Jersey. Bittersweet apples are in big demand. Center: Yarlington Mill, a traditional bittersweet English
Insect-resistant varieties
Joseph Schwarz explains how he screens trees for resistance to leafrollers during WSU’s field day.Geraldine Warner Scientists at