Soil Health and Baby Tree Performance

One of the common challenges faced by apple growers when establishing new plantings is optimizing tree growth to get the allotted space filled as quickly as possible in order to begin setting crops in year 2 or 3 without stunting trees. Several factors are important...

Stress Less with Food Safety Audit Assistance from Wilbur-Ellis

In the Great Lakes region, the climate lends itself to fruit and vegetable production, bringing in more than a billion dollars of revenue each year. As a grower, you strive to supply a safe, reliable, and wholesome product, following food safety guidelines and meeting...

The Importance of Soil Temperatures

Monitoring soil moisture as we enter Spring is common, however, soil temperature can be easily overlooked. Why are Spring soil temperatures important to look at in the first place? Root growth is typically initiated once soil temperature reaches 45° or higher. Coming...

Protect Your Nitrogen Investment With TILL-IT N-POWER

The Nitrogen Cycle in soils is a very leaky system, meaning nitrogen can be lost to the environment by several mechanisms, and losses can be significant (up to 40+%). These losses reduce Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency (NUE) and return on fertilizer investment, which is of...

Technology Enhances Hops Nutrient Management

Hops are unlike other value-added crops. Their bines and cones have special environmental and nutritional needs, and Wilbur-Ellis is eager to help growers with everything hops. In the past 10 years Wilbur-Ellis has worked with growers in the Pacific Northwest to...

Postharvest Nutrition

Yet again, 2022 has been a whirlwind of a growing season and here we, are in mid-September with apples coloring up and pears ready for storage. We started off the year with a cold, wet spring and multiple days of heavy snow during full bloom. For some orchards in the...