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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. Growers now…
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
In early Spring, one of the most important models to watch is tree bloom. The apple, pear, blueberry, and grape models have all started; use…
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.
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…
Selective Codling Moth Programs in Pears – Efficacy and Impact on Natural Enemies of Psylla
If you are transitioning to a selective integrated pest management (IPM) program for psylla don’t forget to implement codling moth controls. Broad spectrum materials used…
