Researchers are developing robots that promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers—and bees.

Controlled atmosphere storage refers to a suite of practices regulating levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature and ...

According to USDA-ARS, the impact of rapid apple decline is estimated to cost Pennsylvania apple growers about $13,000 per acre and New York apple growers $3,380 per acre. Jesse McDonald, a researcher ...

A $2.4 million state grant funds research into dual-purpose solar panels that could prevent fruit damage while powering farm ...

Apples are the most accommodating and long lived of fruit trees, and they cope with our wet climate quite well. There are ...