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Apple Orchard Microclimates
Find out how much weather conditions in your apple orchard differ from nearby open-field weather stations and what that means for orchard management.
NCW Tree Fruit Days January 17-19 in Wenatchee January 21 in Chelan, and February 7 in Omak
Join us for North Central Washington Tree Fruit Days on January 17-19, 21 and February 7. Co-sponsored by WSU Extension, Northwest Cherries, Pear Bureau Northwest,…
Taking Soil Health Principles to Practice: SoilCon 2023
The Washington State Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI) announces SoilCon 2023 held on February 14th & 15th 2023.
Apple Rootstock Vigour and Production: Effects of Rootstock on ‘Honeycrisp’
This document presents the performance of Honeycrisp on 16 rootstocks in the 9th year of the trial, including 3 industrial standard Malling rootstocks, 4 Budagovsky…
Ag Weathernet Station-Specific 10-day Weather Forecasting Model for Improved Grower Decision Support
Agweathernet is developing station specific 10-day weather forecasts which help improve forecast accuracy.
What if your AgWeatherNet station goes offline?
A new tool from AgWeatherNet called the Station Correlation tool is available to help you identify another weather station with the next best data if…
New Cherry Economics Publications
This study is intended for growers and investors considering the economic and financial consequences of planting a high-density or ultra-high-density sweet cherry orchard.
Fire Blight Workshops and Webinars
Join us for the latest fire blight information from a national research project involving MI, NC, NY, CA, OR and WA funded by the Specialty…
Updates on Evaluating Replant Strategies for X-disease Infected Orchards
OSU and WSU Faculty and Extension are evaluating removal and replant strategies for X-disease infected orchards.
Let’s Talk about Deficit Irrigation
The Pacific Northwest is not facing the same level of challenges around water availability that are front page news in California or the Colorado River,…
