Bearing Fruit: A Podcast from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA)
Bearing Fruit comes from the Pacific Time Zone, in Washington state, USA. I am Bob Larson, host of Bearing Fruit, brought to you by the Washington State Tree Fruit Association. To begin with, Bearing Fruit will be a monthly, 30 minute +/- podcast. If we have more news than will fit into a 30 minute segment, we may produce additional podcasts to fill the need. Our content will vary from month to month, but it will have something to do with the latest news from the tree fruit industry in Washington state.
Episodes
21 episodes
WAEF's Witherbee is Back and Water Outlook Questionable
On this episode of Bearing Fruit, we talk with former and returning Executive Director of the Washington Apple Education Foundation Jennifer Witherbee about return to the post and what WAEF is up to this year. We also talk with Larry Mattson, t...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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40:07
WSTFA 2024 Annual Meeting & Hort Show and the Ag Leadership Program
This month we talk with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about the upcoming 120th Annual Meeting and Hort Show as well as the Ag Leadership Program. We also talk with Monson Fruit Grower Relations Rep, Jeff Baldwin who is the chair for this year's W...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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39:39
Estimates for the 2024 Northwest Apple and Pear Crops
We talk with Washington State Tree Fruit Association President, Jon DeVaney who shares his thoughts on the early estimates for this year's apple crop ... and then we chat with Pear Bureau Northwest International Marketing Director Jeff Correa a...
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28:40
Meet the New Leadership at Pear Bureau Northwest
We begin talking with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about the new Pear Bureau President and other changes there. We also discuss the upcoming WSTFA Golf Tournament coming on August 27th. Then we meet Pear Bureau's new President CarrieAnn Arias an...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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40:24
Are Honeybee Populations in Crisis?
We kick things off with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney to talk about tree fruit harvest that are underway or soon to begin. We follow up with Todd Myers, Senior Vice President of Research at the Washington Policy Center, a beekeeper himself, about...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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51:18
A Pair of Big Retirements in the NW Tree Fruit Industry and a Drought Emergency
We open up with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney talking about hot topics in the tree fruit industry and then move to a pair of leaders in the NW tree fruit industry who have recently announced their upcoming retirements. We talk with Keving Moffitt...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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59:47
Legislative Recap and CWU's Food and Agribusiness Program
On the March edition of Bearing Fruit, we talk with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about the good and not-so-good from the recently completed legislative session in Olympia. We also talk with a student, Elena Tucker, and a professor, Mike Rogel, f...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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55:48
Legislative Session and WAEF Scholarship Application Deadline
WSTFA President Jon DeVaney talks with us about what's going on in Olympia during the current legislative session and bills we should keep an eye on. We also talk about the importance of getting involved and helping educate lawmakers about the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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29:14
WSTFA 2023 Annual Meeting and Hort Expo
We're lead off, as always, with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney with his recap of what to expect at this year's annual meeting in the Tri Cities. He will be followed by David Magana, a RaboResearch executive who is giving the Key Note Address at th...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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33:36
Pear Estimates - Pear Challenges - and the 2023 WSTFA Annual Meeting and Hort Show
We talk with Pear Bureau Northwest's Jim Morris about this year's crop estimates, and with Washington State Fruit Commission President BJ Thurlby about a new processing agreement and the challenges facing the industry. We also chat with Marty O...
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48:30
Legislative Wrap Up - Upcoming Cherry Season - Little Cherry Disease
On this episode of Bearing Fruit, we talk with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about what did and didn't happen for agriculture in the last legislative session in Olympia. We also talk with Northwest Cherry Growers President BJ Thurlby about the wh...
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52:49
Pesticide Spraying and the AgForestry Leadership Program
WSTFA President Jon DeVaney kicks things off with his perspective on how things are looking for agriculture during this current legislative session in Olympia. He is followed by Hannah Poush, Leadership Development Director at the Agriculture a...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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54:35
Succession Planning for your farm.
Bearing Fruit is joined by Michael Cohen and Jeff DeWald, of Agribusiness Succession Advisors, and by Kelli Visser, of Larson Gross, to talk about the importance of getting your succession plan started in order to pass it down when it's time fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:34
WSTFA 2022 Annual Meeting and Hort Expo
With the WSTFA Annual Meeting and Hort Show fast approaching, we talk with meeting Chairman Jared England, Batjer Address speaker Karen Lewis and WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about what to expect in Wenatchee December 5-6-7.
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37:48
Bearing Fruit: Agricultural Leadership Program
August's episode of Bearing Fruit breaks down the new Agricultural Leadership Program coordinated by the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, the Washington State Department of Agriculture, and Washington State University. The ALP is a comp...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:06
Bearing Fruit: Invasive Pests
Bearing Fruit talks with Yakima County Pest Control Board and Washington Department of Agriculture's Pest Program Manager about invasive pests the state's tree fruit industry has to try and manage on a continuing basis.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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44:28
Bearing Fruit: NW Pear and Apple Export Challenges
Jeff Correa, from Pear Bureau Northwest and Washington Apple Commission's Todd Fryhover share their thoughts on what the port slowdowns and export challenges mean to them.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:59
Bearing Fruit: Leadership Changes at WAEF!
Longtime Washington Apple Education Foundation Executive Director Jennifer Witherbee is retiring, and Dr. Faviola Barbosa has been selected to replace her. We speak with both about this big leadership change to find out what it's meant for With...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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28:05
Bearing Fruit: Export Challenges for Tree Fruit Industry
In this edition of Bearing Fruit, we talk with experts about the challenges exporters have faced in the past couple of years getting their goods to foreign markets in a timely manner and what's being done to remedy the problems and when we migh...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:02
Bearing Fruit: Legislation that will impact agriculture
Episode #2 of Bearing Fruit, from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, touches on legislation that will impact agriculture with WSTFA president Jon DeVaney, as well as taking a look back at 2021 and what's lies ahead with NW Cherries Gr...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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39:42
Bearing Fruit: The Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting and NW Hort Expo
This first-ever episode of Bearing Fruit will focus on WSTFA's 117th Annual Meeting and NW Hort Expo coming up December 6,7,8 at the Yakima Convention Center. We will talk with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about the podcast launch. We will also ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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26:35
