Fruit Program News

MA Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program Announced

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has launched a grant program to support farms and other food businesses and institutions that have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Covid-19 Guidance and Resources for Massachusetts' Fruit Farms

Information for fruit growers during the Coronavirus Spring of 2020

COVID-19 SPECIFIC INFORMATION

NEW Massachusetts Dept. of Ag. Resources Farm Pick-Your-Own(PYO)/Agricultural Tourism Activities Bulletin
Comprehensive MDAR Covid-19 Resource Page
NEW Cornell Best Management Practices for U-Pick Farms During the COVID-19 Pandemic (from Cornell but contains very useful and relevant information for MA growers)
NEW Farmers Guide to Direct Sales Software Platforms (National Young Farmer's Coallition)
Considerations for Fruit and Vegetable Growers Related to Coronavirus & COVID-19 (Chris Callahan, UVM)

Fruit Resources

FRUIT PRODUCTION INFORMATION

UMass Extension Fruit Team YouTube channel
MSU Fruit YouTube Channel
Bloom Thinning with the Pollen Tube Growth Model (Cornell ENYCHP webinar) https://youtu.be/e4MGthH3jIw
Flowering Fruit Set & Pollination (WSU): http://treefruit.wsu.edu/videos/flowering-fruit-set-pollination/
Orchard Outlook (Perennia Podcasts): https://www.perennia.ca/learning/podcast/
Maine Tree Fruit Webinars: https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/apple/mainetreefruitwebinars/
Stone Fruit IPM (Cornell): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZMhAgX6hhM&feature=emb_logo
Precision Pruning for Early Crop Load Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MWISPwsrZg
Pruning Honeycrisp for Annual Crop Production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWRqJRJsM3o

Update from UMass Extension on COVID-19 Impacts on Services and Resources

Some UMass Extension Services will be interrupted due to COVID-19: Hot water seed treatment service is currently suspended, Soil and Diagnostic Labs closed until further notice!

Mass Aggie Seminars 2020 CANCELLED

Mass Aggie Workshops CANCELLED.

26th Annual March Message to Massachusetts Tree Fruit Growers (2019)

MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT IPM Report for 2019

New Fruit Fact Sheet: FR-H-1-2020: Precision crop load management of Honeycrisp: flower bud identification and precision pruning

New Fruit Fact Sheet: FR-H-1-2020: Precision crop load management of Honeycrisp: flower bud identification and precision pruning. Jon Clements and Win Cowgill. Why precision-prune Honeycrisp? What is precision pruning? Flower buds vs. non-flower buds – identification. Precision prune and follow-up. http://ag.umass.edu/fruit/fact-sheets/fr-h-1-2020-precision-crop-load-management-of-honeycrisp-flower-bud-identification

2020 Mass Aggie Workshop Series Announced

2020 Mass Aggie Worshop series details now available.

New England Cider Apple Program at the NEVFC

Craft hard cider production -and consumption- has been on the rise in the United States. Not all apples are suitable for the craft cider market. There remains a dearth of cider-specific apples in production in the Northeast. Many of the varieties that possess the most desirable qualities for juice are considered too difficult to grow. Extension faculty and staff from UMass, UVM, and UMaine are working together to find the keys to solving these problems! Funded by Northeast SARE Research & Education Program LNE19-373.

New Farmers’ Network Weather Station at UMass Research Farm

When the decade-old weather station at the UMass Crop and Animal Research and Education Farm in South Deerfield was hit by lightning this past summer, the impact of that loss was felt by the region’s growers. This November, UMass fruit extension educators Jon Clements and Liz Garofalo replaced the decade-old defunct weather station with a new one...

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