Michigan’s hard cider industry has been growing rapidly, now filling up a significant portion of the state’s craft beverage sector. If there’s a factor limiting industry growth, however, it’s a ...

Lots of things can go wrong in a cherry’s growing season. In early spring, warm temperatures encourage bud development, which makes the buds more vulnerable to subsequent cold. (Courtesy Jennifer ...

It’s long been said in the Northwest fruit industry that you plant pears for your heirs. But to young pear farmers today, it doesn’t ring true anymore: Falling prices and stagnant domestic demand make ...

Wildfire smoke exposure remains a top research priority for the wine industry as we work to find solutions to the negative impacts experienced across the West in recent years. Congress recently ...

Measuring yield variability in a tart cherry orchard block has never been an exact science. For some growers, it consists of sending someone to count the number of bins and roughly gauge the distance ...

An adult spotted lanternfly on a grapevine shoot. Penn State University researchers are developing management techniques for the troublesome invasive pest, which is spreading beyond Pennsylvania.

Once again, reports of the hard cider industry’s decline have been greatly exaggerated. “For some reason, beverage media and retailers love to pick on cider,” said Michelle McGrath, executive director ...

To address the growing concern over codling moth management, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission assembled a new industry task force last fall. Today, the task force consists of 29 members, ...

The tiny samurai wasp (Trissolcus japonicus) seems to be making itself at home in the United States, wherever its host, the brown marmorated stink bug, has settled. Many states hope to boost the ...

Growers battling spotted wing drosophila would love a biocontrol agent to keep the fruit fly in check. But in order for a specialized biocontrol such as the parasitic wasp Ganaspis brasiliensis to ...

Brown marmorated stink bugs really like pears. And cherries. And hazelnuts. So, as BMSB naturalizes in many of Oregon’s extra-orchard landscapes, growers face a new pest pressure and plenty of ...

Attention on soil health has been growing as a way for farmers to deepen their understanding of the soils they manage and to assess the value provided by these farmers and soils. Essentially, soil ...