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Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASFC) Program
The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has reopened the acreage reporting period to give producers more time to complete 2025 crop acreage reports for eligible…
Watch for Fire Blight Risk
If we have warm temperatures and moisture during bloom be prepared to prevent fire blight infections. Consider the following reminders.
Plan for Multiple Fire Blight Conditions, Be Agile
With bloom opening and warm conditions next week be prepared to manage fire blight for blocks with different risk.
WSU Decision Aid System Update April
DAS April 2026 Updates
USDA Organic Materials Comment Period Now Open
Sanitizers, calcium chloride, pear ester, and other materials important to organic tree fruit are open for public comment this month to the USDA National Organic…
Introducing Two New Tree Fruit Extension Educators
The Tree Fruit Extension Team is happy to introduce two new Extension Educators, Lexie McDaniel, PhD, Horticulture Extension Educator and Dattatray Bhalekar, PhD, Horticulture Technology…
What’s budding across the country?
Catch the first SPARC Orchard Roundup podcast for a roundup of phenology updates from PA, NY, WA, MI and ME!
OSU Tree Fruit Economics Symposium
Join us for the Tree Fruit Economics Symposium on April 8, 2026, at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles. This event brings together growers, industry professionals, and…
Metamitron: A New Postbloom Thinning Agent for WA Apples and Pears
Chemical thinning can be tricky, even when you have a lot of experience with a given product. Here are some things we have learned in…
Using Insect Growth Regulators as a Tool in Pear IPM
Integrated pest management (IPM) uses cultural and biological as well as insecticidal controls and employs monitoring and economic thresholds. Insect growth regulators can be used…
