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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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 is a  highly aggressive, fast-growing weed with resistance to herbicides. A new National Pest Alert is available now.

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…