“Better eat that peach on the kitchen counter before it draws fruit flies.” Nearly everyone has either heard or said that. Although common fruit flies are easy to manage in the kitchen, genetically similar spotted wing drosophila (SWD) adults are close to the same size and also seek fresh, ripe frui...

Two research teams are tackling one of the trickiest puzzles in apple production. In the presentations “EverCrisp, but not everlasting: Addressing internal browning issues in ‘EverCrisp’ apples” and “‘Honeycrisp’ internal browning: Chilling or CO2 injury?” Özge Horzum (Ankara University), Nobuko Sug...

What if summer-like temperatures in April brought a flurry of fruit tree blossoms, followed by a temperature drop to the 20s that resulted in a hard freeze that not even the best frost protection could mitigate? Growers in several states, including Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Virgini...

State of the Industry keynote tackles tough topics at Cultivate‘26 Once again, the place to be the morning of Monday, July 13 in Columbus, Ohio, was the State of the Industry keynote session at AmericanHort’s annual Cultivate . A standing-room-only crowd was introduced to the organization’s new pres...

Rhianna Zadravec and Alex Libenson, who spent four years farming together on leased property in Lisbon, NH, are very happy they were able to buy a 68-acre farm in Lunenburg, VT, that’s only 100 yards from the Connecticut River. The pair spoke informally, one-on-one, for 30 minutes at the Colonial, a...

Consumers want to purchase the perfect Christmas tree. Growers want to grow perfect trees. Unfortunately, a problematic disease threatens many Christmas tree nurseries and fields. Dr. Gary Chastagner of Washington State University recently discussed research gaps in managing Phytophthora root rot (P...

Growing Christmas trees requires patience and a lot of time. To grow a good Christmas tree takes “just short of 10 years,” according to James Earle Brackbill III, owner of Crane Neck Christmas Tree Farm in West Newbury, MA. Better known as Jeb to his customers and friends, this Christmas season, he ...

When March Farm in Bethlehem, CT, was started in the early 1900s, it was a typical small dairy. Today, Emily March, her brother Tommy and their cousin Shane Collett are fourth generation farmers. The 1940s version of the farm was home to a larger dairy herd and poultry. Apple orchards and a variety ...

For more than a century, Connors Farm has cultivated crops, cared for livestock and connected communities to agriculture. Today, the Danvers, MA, operation is also a standout success story in agritourism and agritainment, blending traditional farming with family-focused fun and fright-filled fall fe...