Paul Rasch, a Michigan native, now owns and operates Wilson's Orchard in eastern Iowa. He shares his insights on growing apples for on-farm retail and pick-your-own markets, as well as hard and sweet cider production.

Veteran apple grower Andy Lynd, from east-central Ohio, offers his impressions of his on-farm experiences with using Intelligent Sprayer technology for applying pesticides in his orchard.

Fungicide stewardship is aided by conserving the use of fungicides as much as possible. Dr. Ivey offers some suggestions to help growers apply fungicides more efficiently and cost-effectively.

ason Deveau, "The Spray Guy", is widely recognized as an expert in the practical aspects of pesticide spray technology on horticultural and field crop technology. In this episode, Jason shares his insights on the use of optics to aid the accuracy and efficiency of sprayers. Part I.

Jason Deveau, "The Spray Guy", is widely recognized as an expert in the practical aspects of pesticide spray technology on horticultural and field crop technology. In this episode, Jason shares his insights on the use of optics to aid the accuracy and efficiency of sprayers. Part I.

Dr. Kerik Cox talks to Mark about the disease-warning models available with the online forecasting tool called NEWA, developed by Cornell University.

For more information visit:

Dr. Cox's website: https://cals.cornell.edu/kerik-d-cox

NEWA's website: https://newa.cornell.edu/

Drs. Slack and Sundin chat with Mark about one of the main diseases in apple production worldwide - fire blight - and describe some of the IPM tools that growers can use to better manage this bacterial disease.

For more information visit:

Dr. Slack's webpage - https://www.hort.iastate.edu/directory/suzanne-slack/ 

Dr Sundin's webpage - https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/george_w_sundin 

 

Dr. Mason oversees the network of weather stations across Michigan that feeds into the IPM forecasting tool call "Enviroweather". He talks about his experience in this position and why it is important to Michigan growers to have a reliable and available network of weather stations across the state.

For more information visit:

Dr. Keith Mason's website: https://geo.msu.edu/directory/mason-keith.html

Eniroweather's website: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Dr. Mason oversees the network of weather stations across Michigan that feeds into the IPM forecasting tool call "Enviroweather". He talks about his experience in this position and why it is important to Michigan growers to have a reliable and available network of weather stations across the state.

For more information visit:

Dr. Keith Mason's website: https://geo.msu.edu/directory/mason-keith.html

Eniroweather's website: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Brandon Carpenter is an agricultural specialist at the ISU Horticulture Research Station in Gilbert, IA. In the spring of 2020, the farm acquired new pesticide spraying technology called the Intelligent Sprayer. Brandon talks about their learning curve using the sprayer and how the technology has helped reduce their pesticide use.

For more information read our blog posts on the Intelligent Sprayer: 

-https://www.smartapplespray.plantpath.iastate.edu/post/introduction-new-laser-guided-intelligent-spray-control-system

-https://www.smartapplespray.plantpath.iastate.edu/post/how-does-intelligent-sprayer-work