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Grower meeting for an update on the process in staffing the Hood River and Wasco County Horticulture Positions
OSU will be sponsoring a local meeting to discuss refilling of the Hood River and Wasco County Horticulture positions. The meeting will be held Tuesday…
Next Generation Tree Fruit Network – Transitioning to Organic Tour
Join WSU and the Next Generation Tree Fruit Network for an opportunity to learn more about organic tree fruit production. We will discuss: compost and…
Irrigation Scheduling Tool Available Online and as a New Phone Ap
Water stress can affect fruit size and quality. The irrigation scheduler from AgWeatherNet is a handy tool which can help you match irrigation applications to…
WA Commercial Apple Grower Orchard Netting Survey
Please help with a survey. As part of a 2015 WSDA funded project “Physiological responses of apple under photo-selective anti-hail netting” our team is conducting…
Inspect Your Orchard for Little Cherry Virus
Now that we are in the midst of cherry harvest, it’s a good time to inspect your orchard for Little Cherry Disease. This disease is…
Grants for organic research, education and advocacy available.
Farmers Advocating For Organic (FAFO) grants of $5,000-$50,000 for research, education, and advocacy projects that protect and promote the organic industry and the livelihood of…
Palmer Amaranth National Pest Alert
Palmer amaranth is a highly aggressive, fast-growing weed with resistance to herbicides. A new National Pest Alert is available now.
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring for 2017
With cherry bloom behind us, and straw coming up rapidly, it’s time to finalize plans for trapping spotted wing drosophila (SWD), and thinking about which…
Don’t forget about the seedbank when you are thinking about weed control.
When researchers think about weed control in crop production, we often think about 'short-term' results, i.e. weed control after 30 days, weed control after 90…
WA Apple Growers Sink Their Teeth Into The New Cosmic Crisp
Get ready for a new kind of apple. It's called Cosmic Crisp, and farmers in Washington state, who grow 70 percent of the country's apples,…
