The Linn County Chapter’s summer picnic will be held at the Fun Forest Barn on Saturday, July 18. Additional tours of the tree farm are planned for that event.

By Michael Kofi FosuFor more than a decade, a quiet crisis has unfolded in Ghana’s Western and Central regions. While thousands of hectares of rubber trees are tapped, local processing factories — ...

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has renewed calls for massive investment in local cashew processing as a strategic step to reposition Nigeria in the global market, create jobs, and ...

Central Valley peach growers lost contracts for roughly 50,000 tons of cling peaches in the fallout from the Del Monte Food bankruptcy.

Del Monte canceled 20-year contracts with peach growers that abandoned an estimated 50,000 tons of peaches growing in the ...

Every modern wireless device is expected to be fast, intelligent, power-efficient and always connected. When engineers seek reliable ways to deliver that intelligence without adding unnecessary ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Not all trees drop their leaves in the fall. Even in the height of winter ...

As we head into the weekend, a major winter storm system is going to slide some of the coldest air we’ve felt in years right over Michigan - and we’re going to be in a deep freeze for a few days. How ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...

While the weight of freezing rain, ice and snow can damage branches, there is another kind of injury that comes with the extreme cold, experts say. By Adeel Hassan Snap, crackle and, sometimes, a ...

It’ll be a tree-mendous freeze. Forecasters are warning that expected subzero temperatures could cause trees to explode as a brutal cold snap is expected to wallop most of the country in the coming ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop. Trees can explode during extreme cold due to sap expansion when it freezes. Oak, maple, and fruit trees with high moisture are most ...