Pennsylvania growers looking to expand fresh-market fruit sales are taking another look at pears. Many of them have grown Bartletts, Anjous and Boscs for decades, but those varieties’ problems with ...

To embrace an integrated pest management approach to pear psylla management, growers needed to have faith that natural enemies would show up in the orchard at the right time and magnitude to protect ...

Pests seem indestructible in an orchard, where they breed like crazy. Throw those bugs in a lab, and the story changes. They don’t like their diet. They won’t mate. They won’t lay eggs. And if another ...

Orchardists in Washington and Oregon expect to harvest 20.5 million boxes of fresh pears this fall. That’s just 2 percent below last season’s crop and 2 percent above the five-year average. Harvest of ...

Almost a decade after the first brown marmorated stink bug outbreak cost Mid-Atlantic apple growers millions, the pest is no longer inducing panic, thanks to advancements in targeted management for ...

For the third time in four years, agricultural employers are adjusting their operations for a new round of H-2A regulatory changes. “The issue is keeping up with it,” said Sean Gilbert, president of ...

Michigan’s hard cider industry has been growing rapidly, now filling up a significant portion of the state’s craft beverage sector. If there’s a factor limiting industry growth, however, it’s a ...

You know it’s a hot field day when attendees are hanging out under the drape net, trying to avoid sunburn, along with the pears. Luckily, there’s a lot of shade netting to be found in South African ...

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Surveys suggest that sustainability resonates with wine consumers. But using that messaging to successfully market wine requires understanding how consumers see sustainability. Ask your average ...

The Northwest has more brown marmorated stink bug diversity than the East Coast. The pest has reached high population levels in the Walla Walla Valley. And that samurai wasp that’s supposed to save ...