Posts tagged with: apples

Fruitful Grounds: An Orchard Tour of Fruit-Bearing Trees at Ort Family Farm

By Olivia Young / July 2, 2025

Farm Ops is proud to partner with Ort Family Farm to offer farmer veterans an exclusive in-person tour, exploring orchard management and specialty crop production. This event is ideal for…

A Cornucopia of Research Supports New York’s Farms and Food Systems

By Krisy Gashler / January 15, 2025

A diverse array of Cornell research, from plant breeding to soil health, helps support local and global harvests Across the world, harvest celebrations are one of the most common human…

Spanish-First Field Day Celebrates Latino Community Leadership, Spirit and Contribution to WNY Apple Industry

By Nicole Waters / July 13, 2022

Year to year, New York State harvests more than 1.2 billion pounds of apples, cares for more than 1.6 million apple trees, and farms more than 55,000 acres that provide…

Study Charts How Orchards Can Leverage Mechanical Thinning and Pruning without Spreading Fire Blight

By Erin Rodger / January 11, 2021

Apple fire blight is a devastating disease that causes an estimated $100 million of damage in U.S. orchards annually.  Pruning an apple orchard comes with many rewards for commercial apple growers…

Precision Apple Thinning with Computer-Based Plant Growth Models

By Michael Basedow / October 20, 2020

A new bloom thinning model, developed by Virginia Tech researchers, might offer New York apple growers more precision and increased yields.  In eastern New York, there has recently been increasing…

New York is Ripe for Apple Harvest

By Kelsie Raucher / September 18, 2019

Apples will be bigger and better this harvest season, according to Cornell University experts. Largely in part to the weather working in favor for farmers this year, apple color, quality,…

CCE Podcast Highlights Modernization in the Apple Industry

By Kelsie Raucher / September 3, 2019

What do Silicon Valley and farmers have in common? Apples.  Recently, hosts of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) podcast Extension Out Loud were joined by Mario Miranda Sazo at this year’s…

Cornell Researchers Win Major Awards from Cider Industry

By Erin Flynn / July 1, 2019

Hard cider is a fast-growing segment in the U.S. fermented beverage industry, and New York’s position as a leader in craft beverage production and expertise is paving the way for…

Apple Scouting Time: Growers Make Good Use of Research Data

By Carli Fraccarolli / May 19, 2018

Apple growers can put recent pest identification research to good use this spring as they scout their orchards for troublesome insects. The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program funded…

For Disease-Resistant Apples, A Moment in the Sun

By Elizabeth Rosen / October 3, 2011

  Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators, universities and communities that are working to make agriculture more sustainable –…