Penn State Webinar: After the Freeze: Navigating Tough Customer Questions
Navigate tough customer questions this season with confidence. Learn practical strategies to explain crop challenges, address pricing concerns, and buildContinue Reading
Author: Kathryn Carter
May 6, 2026 Tender fruit and Grape update
By Kathryn Carter, Fruit Specialist (Tender fruit and Grape), OMAFA Tender fruit Cool, rainy temperatures have slowed development and prolongedContinue Reading
Tender fruit and grape update April 29,2026
Weather Temperatures cooled this week, slowing crop development and extending bloom in tender fruit. Overnight temperatures are forecasted to dropContinue Reading
Tender fruit and grape update
Kathryn Carter, Fruit Specialist (Tender Fruit and Grape), OMAFA Weather This spring has been a roller coaster of temperatures. BasedContinue Reading
Too Cold for Comfort: Risk of Frost Injury in Tender fruit
By Kathryn Carter, Fruit Specialist (Tender fruit and Grape), OMAFRA Apricots, plums, and peaches are in various states of bloom,Continue Reading
Managing vines after cold injury
By Kathryn Carter, Fruit Specialist (Tender fruit and Grape), OMAFA What is cold injury? Cold injury occurs when grape vinesContinue Reading
Post-winter freeze: Pruning and vineyard recovery webinar
Esmaeil Nasrollahiazar, Michigan State University Extension – February 03, 2026 This free educational session on February 26 will provide practical tools for growersContinue Reading
Managing Crop Load in Peaches: Investigating the Use of Chemical Thinners
By Laura Dobbyn (OMAFA-summer student), John Cline (UofG), Sofia Franzluebbers (UofG M.Sc.), Kathryn Carter (OMAFA), Catherine Bakker (UofG), Younes MostofiContinue Reading
Assessing cold injury grapes
By Kathryn Carter, OMAFA Winter 2025-26 has been a return to a classic Ontario winter, with long stretches of freezingContinue Reading
OMAFRA’s new Guide to Training and Pruning Tender fruit trees – Publication 814A is now available.
This guide replaces the discontinued Publication 392: Training and Pruning Fruit trees. Features of the new Training and Pruning GuideContinue Reading