In a bid to educate pesticide applicators and ensure the safety of both humans and the environment, the Environmental ...

Specialists in California have found a borer pest attacking pear fruit directly, causing symptoms that look somewhat like ...

Another way to shrink your weed seed bank is to create more suitable habitats for the birds, insects and earthworms that eat ...

If growers forgo burning in favor of chipping old trees and then contract those chips to be converted into carbon-rich ...

Washington State University’s Viticulture and Enology department will host a two-day symposium on sustainable wine production ...

Indeed, soil moisture monitoring can get expensive. Probes that measure every 4 or 6 inches to a depth of 3 feet can cost ...

Regenerative apple grower wants to feed his soil microbes as well as his trees to create a more resilient orchard system.

On April 16, the state of Washington declared a drought emergency for almost the entire state, citing snowpack at 68 percent ...

The U.S. Apple Association will host a webinar May 14 to take a rearview-mirror look at the 2023–24 apple season.

California cherry growers expect to harvest a 10.2-million-box crop with relatively normal timing, according to the crop estimate released by the California Cherry Board this week. Harvest is expected ...

A new generation of weeding technology is emerging for specialty crops, but it’s not yet clear which new tools will work economically in orchards and vineyards. Researchers and manufacturers are ...

A method of irrigating wine grapes belowground is catching on. Several vineyards in Washington and other grape-growing areas ...