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Addressing winter stress and preventing cold damage is essential for strawberry production in the Midwest. This article will briefly cover some key information on how to successfully overwinter strawberries.
The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach FFED Small Farms Team sponsored a series of free webinars for specialty crop producers Jan. 6—March 10. The 10 sessions covered various risk management topics, each featuring different speakers.
The Intelligent Sprayer is the creation of a team of USDA-ARS engineers at Wooster, Ohio, led by Dr. Heping Zhu. It has been tested on nursery trees, peaches, grapes, and other large-canopy crops, and is now available commercially for retrofitting standard airblast sprayers. Our study is the first to evaluate the Intelligent Sprayer for control of the full range of pests and diseases on apples during the whole growing season.
