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The North Carolina Fresh Produce Safety Task Force invites produce growers, food safety coordinators, extension agents, food safety consultants, …
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The North Carolina Fresh Produce Safety Task Force invites produce growers, food safety coordinators, extension agents, food safety consultants, …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …
![Cover photo for 2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [9.10.25]](https://apples.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/25PAM_RedDel_GroupedPic_9.9.25-2-203x300.png)
In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …

Little has changed in insect activity during the past week, with trap captures continually being low or on the …
![Cover photo for 2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [8.27.25]](https://apples.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/25PAM_RedDel_Grouped_8.26.25-204x300.png)
In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …

With the exception of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), trap captures of key pests declined during the past …
![Cover photo for 2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [8.21.25]](https://apples.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/25PAM_Gala_8.19.25_Grouped-213x300.png)
In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …

Codling moth and oriental fruit moth (OFM): With the exception of locations that have had high codling moth problems …
![Cover photo for 2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [8.13.25]](https://apples.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/25PAM_Honey-Crisp_8.12.25_-GroupPic.jpg-203x300.png)
In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …

During the past week, codling moth and apple maggot numbers in traps have slightly declined, oriental fruit moth (OFM) …

Congratulations to Dr. Jim Walgenbach, who was inducted last Friday into the WNC Ag Hall of Fame! The WNC Community …
![Cover photo for 2025 Apple Maturity Pilot Program [08.06.25]](https://apples.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Honeycrisp-skin-cracking-e1754653818716-300x225.jpg)
In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …

The recent cool weather has slowed insect development, and consequently not much has changed in the past week. Codling …

They say a picture is worth 1000 words, but maybe sometimes it’s just better to keep words unsaid….At the …
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In cooperation with the Henderson County Master Pomology Program, we initiated an effort to monitor apple fruit maturity in …