Source: AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 9/11/18


Growers in New York are providing data to help Cornell University horticultural researchers refine computer modeling designed to more precisely apply orchard irrigation and thinning practices. The on-farm orchard trials at the northern New York orchards have evaluated water management. The Cornell team estimates that in some seasons a lack of irrigation can lead to small fruit and an economic loss of between …

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