PROSSER, Wash.—A more accurate way to measure cold hardiness in apple and sweet cherry buds and blooms during early spring is under development by researchers at Washington State University Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC). The three-year project, funded by the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission this year, will help Pacific Northwest growers […]
PROSSER, Wash.—Washington tree fruit growers are often at the mercy of Mother Nature when it comes to weather. Case in point: the severe thunderstorms of July 20 that, in some areas of south central Washington, battered apple crops with golf ball-sized hail, leaving some orchards with losses of 100 percent.
Knowledge is power, and in data-poor regions of the world, techniques that make data collection more efficient are a boon for local researchers and the stakeholders they serve. That’s why WSU agrometeorologist Gerrit Hoogenboom helped lead a series of workshops in Tanzania, Ghana and Kenya to transfer decision-support system technologies to researchers in African nations.
PROSSER, Wash. — If you thought that the cool weather would last forever, think again. Just in time for fall, summer-like weather finally arrived in central Washington in Sept.. Although the calendar now says October, the recent warm weather has many residents saying “better late than never.”