Defining organics
Northwest tree fruit industry speaks up when Seattle hosts the National Organic Standards Board.
Good to Know: The disruption eruption
Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission funding codling moth mating disruption for 30 years.
European cherry fruit fly quarantine in New York expands
Federal regulators have expanded the quarantine zone for the European cherry fruit fly in New York to now include all
WSDA offering on-site airblast sprayer training through June
The Washington State Department of Agriculture is currently enrolling employers from the tree fruit industry in its “On-site Airblast Sprayer
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Permalink GalleryGood to Know: 2019 Pacific Northwest cherry research funding
Cherries, Diseases, Good Point, Insects and mites, May 15th 2019 Issue, New Developments, Pest Management, Pesticides, Pollination, Production, Research, Technology and equipment, Varieties, Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, Weeds
Good to Know: 2019 Pacific Northwest cherry research funding
More than $930,000 provided for 20 different research projects.
Harrison Van Meekeren, a young grower from Lakeville, Nova Scotia
family background / Harrison grew up in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia and is working with his family to
SWD resistance a red flag for organic growers
The only organic insecticide for spotted wing drosophila is losing efficacy as the pest gains resistance in berry production region of California.
USDA announces funds to fight spotted lanternfly
The fight against spotted lanternfly in Pennsylvania got a $6.5 million boost this week with funding from the U.S. Department
New pesticide application method a shot in the bark
MSU researcher compares trunk injection to spray application for pear psylla control.
Sterile codling moth factory ‘a funky business’
British Columbia moth factory cranks out sterile bugs by the millions.