One of the world’s leading experts in tree fruit horticulture extension joins the podcast today: Desmond Lane. Desmond is the Department Head and Professor at Auburn University Horticulture, where he draws from more than 30 years of experience to inform his role as a research administrator. 

Desmond joins us to discuss his work with orchards and address how he has contributed to positively impacting the future of the tree fruit industry… 

In this episode, we explore:

• Why labor is impacting farmers’ ability to be sustainable. 
• The fruits that are mechanically harvested in modern agriculture.
• Irrigation methods that produce high-quality fruit and mitigate end-of-season losses. 

Desmond is dedicated to facilitating sustainable orchard management practices, which requires a significant amount of analysis—wondering how these factors influence fruit production as a whole? Click play to find out!

To learn more about Desmond Layne and his work visit agriculture.auburn.edu now.

Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

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