2026 Spray Update<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n <\/p>\n County laws in Benton, Franklin, Yakima and Walla Walla counties require that backyard tree fruit growers control pests because they are a potential source of infestation for any nearby commercial orchard.\u00a0To report an infested fruit tree, please contact us.<\/p>\n Your local Pest Board will pay you to remove your back yard fruit bearing trees!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Just call us for complete information and we’ll give you a certificate redeemable at participating nurseries once the tree is removed. Homeowners must call us BEFORE removing tree. Only specific types of trees qualify for the program. Residential trees only – no commercial orchards.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Frank Wolf<\/strong><\/span> 509-539-0069<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Pam Loa<\/strong><\/span> 509-545-3580 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2026 Spray Update Watch for spray timing starting mid-April. [promo promo_type="custom" img_src="https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2071\/2023\/06\/littlecherryXScoutSampleGuide.png" img_id="136385" link="https:\/\/treefruit.wsu.edu\/crop-protection\/disease-management\/western-x\/sampling-guide\/" promo_title="Little Cherry Disease – learn what to look for" excerpt="https:\/\/treefruit.wsu.edu\/crop-protection\/disease-management\/western-x\/sampling-guide\/ Additional questions can be directed to: COMMERCIAL CHERRY ORCHARDS: Contact Corina…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":135189,"parent":128,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[626],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137464,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137\/revisions\/137464"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/benton-franklin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n\t\t\tBenton County\t<\/h3>\n
\n620 Market Street<\/span>
\nProsser, WA 99350<\/span><\/p>\n
\nEmail<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tFranklin County\t<\/h3>\n
\n502 W. Boeing St.<\/span>
\nPasco, WA 99301<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Website<\/a><\/span>
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