Pears make up over 70 percent of orchard production in the Netherlands, so you would expect a visiting delegation of Dutch growers, ag consultants and ag tech developers to feel at home in the ...
What was one of your earliest memories of being on the farm? When we were growing up, if my sisters and I had done something bad, my parents would say, “You should go learn something. Go out and pick ...
—by Kate Prengaman You won’t find phylloxera at the scene of the crime. The root-feeding insect can cause severe decline in own-rooted grapevines, but by the time severe symptoms appear in the canopy, ...
Central Ohio’s heavy soils, hail and spring freezes make it a hard place to grow apples. Grower Mitch Lynd always wanted high-quality varieties specifically tailored for the region’s challenges, but ...
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association and Washington State Department of Agriculture are offering a bilingual (English and Spanish) Agricultural Leadership Program course starting Nov. 15, in ...