sunburn

Whether temperatures climb above 90 degrees or remain relatively cool, it’s important that everyone in the farming community thinks about skin care this summer and protecting the body’s largest organ.  One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, and Melissa Ploeckelman with the National Farm Medicine Center says for farmers it’s incredibly important they think about sun safet

Researchers at Washington State University have started a project to develop thermal sensors to prevent apple sunburn. WSU Associate professor, Lav Khot said this research will focus not only on the burn, but the heat stress that can lead to disorders while the apple is in storage ...

The surface of an apple can be 20-30 degrees hotter than the air temperature outside according to WSU Tree Fruit Extension Specialist Rob Blakey, so what to do when the air temp is in triple-digits?   “Make sure your evaporative cooling is working well and you’ve got your cycles dialed in nicely so that there’s little chance of some sunburn happening in the off cycles because you can get sunburn i

Washington State University is hosting an opportunity for apple growers to see their most recent research into sunburn and sunscald in Quincy on May 25th.   Dr. Rob Blakely said this will help growers prepare for the upcoming season.  ...

Sunburn is a constant concern of apple growers in Central and Eastern Washington due to the large volume of sun the area receives on an annual basis.   WSU’s Dr. Lee Kalcsits spoke at Apple Day in Wenatchee last week and, even with an old figure, the damage is staggering.   “...