WNY locals named 2025 Good Fruit Growers of the Year: The DeMarrees of Williamson, New York DeMarree Fruit Farm. 

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NEWA weather stations purchased through Rainwise (now owned by KestrelMet) are moving to a new dashboard!

Anyone with a weather station that was purchased through Rainwise will likely have received an email or message from the company to let them know that 'Rainwise.net Sunsets January 1, 2026'.

This will not affect your ability to connect your weather station to the NEWA network.

Considering NYCAMH for your respirator fit testing?

Here are some key facts and helpful tips about medical clearance:

Medical Clearance ? Fit Testing (They are not the same!)

Before you can wear a respirator or be fit tested, OSHA requires a medical evaluation under the Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). This evaluation must be conducted by a licensed healthcare provider to determine if you are physically able to use a respirator safely.

Listen as Mario Miranda Sazo of Cornell Cooperative Extension explains how drone imagery, precision crop management, and advanced grafting are transforming apple orchards by improving bloom monitoring, yields, fruit quality, and sustainability, in an episode of the Extension Out Loud podcast.

Conference materials are available here.

Extreme temperature events—both heat and cold—have resulted in recent annual insurable losses exceeding $80 million for the U.S. apple and pear industry. We are working to better understand the physiological responses of apple and pear trees to extreme temperatures and seeking to identify the genetic control of those responses, to help growers choose the best varieties to grow.  Click "read details" to learn more and support this effort by completing the survey (available in English & Spanish).

Please consider taking this survey, even if you haven't observed apple decline in your orchard blocks! 

PACMAN Research and Extension teams are entering their forth year of the USDA/NIFA/SCRI funded research and Extension project titled "Precision Crop Load Management for Apples".  See what they have learned about vision based technologies and potential management implications 

Presentations can be found in pdf format here after the conference, pending publication permission from author.

Conference presentations can be found in pdf format here, pending publication permission from author.

2021 Honeycrisp meetup meeting recordings available.

Attendees of the Advisory Committee Meeting are invited to give valuable feedback to each of the specialists.

Please upload the form below, and after filling it out, email to Committee Chair Justin Whipple: jwhipple@wnyapples.com

Check Out Details for Links to recent LOF webinar recordings & video series.

See details to check out quick "how to" videos on a variety of fruit and orchard topics.

This all day event provided 2 near-identical programs available on the West and East sides of Rochester on consecutive days.  We are featured an intensive Precision Honeycrisp management school in addition to updates on Labor, Fruit Farm Business Summary, as well as pests and diseases, including European Cherry Fruit Fly.  Pdfs for most of the presentations are now available.

Reflective ground cover has been used in fruit-growing regions for a number of years now. The Lake Ontario Fruit Team conducted a field trial in 2018 of reflective ground cover at two Wayne County farms. The infographic contains information about reflective groundcovers including the quality and economic benefits found in the study and additional information on types of groundcovers and suppliers.

Links to proceedings and resources listed in presentations from the EXPO can be found here.

Watch and see how NYS apples are harvested & check out the new hail netting project.