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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…
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…
2026 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Apple Crop Protection
For 2026, the WA Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $271,515 to help fund four (4) new Apple Crop Protection projects.
2026 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Apple Horticulture and Postharvest
For 2026, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $182,260 to help fund four (4) new Apple Horticulture and Postharvest projects.
Vivid XV3 Vision System for Precision Crop Load Monitoring
Written by Dattatray Bhalekar, Juan Munguia de la Cruz, Bernardita Sallato, Lav Khot, Washington State University, March 2026 Precision crop load management is critical in…
2026 Tree Fruit Crop Protection Guide Available Now
The 2026 Tree Fruit Crop Protection Guide is now available with more than 50 new updates since 2025. New this year is an updated Weed…
Weather with AgWeatherNet: Daily Frost Forecasts and Risk Mitigation Decision Support Tools
Written by Lav Khot, Josh Ward, Craig Oswald, and Sanjita Bhavirisetty, Washington State University – AgWeatherNet, March 9, 2026 This article introduces the updated Frost…
