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Join WSU for a two-day workshop on “Unmanned Aerial Systems in Agriculture” November 8-9 at WSU IAREC, Prosser, WA.

WSU and the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (TFRC) hosted a tour of the TFRC Geneva Rootstock trial. Participants saw Honey Crisp and Pazazz in…

Organic food sales in the U.S. grew about 8% in 2016 over the previous year, and many products were in short supply. Domestic production has…

Storing Honeycrisp long term while achieving good packouts and maintaining fruit of acceptable eating quality in the second part of the storage season has been…

For the seventh consecutive year, the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission has conducted studies to provide the Northwest cherry industry basic information about residues of…

Preventing rots from damaging stored apple and pear starts by good orchard sanitation practices and timely fungicide applications. However, postharvest practices will help extend the…

Superficial scald, also called storage scald, is a pre-eminent physiological disorder caused by chilling injury. This article is a brief overview and update on scald…

En la mayoría de las enfermedades post-cosecha de manzanas y peras, las infecciones son iniciadas en el huerto en diferentes momentos durante la temporada de…

For most post-harvest diseases of apple and pear, infections are initiated in the orchard at different times during the growing season. As the harvest season…

The Department of Ecology has posted the third video in the series commemorating 100 Years of Water Law.