CONTENTS FEATURES 6 Cover Story Gemperle Orchards 10 Pest Management Toothpicks in the trees 14 Technology The art of the upscale 16 Technology Robots vs. mummies 20 Inside the Nursery Budding and shipping 24 Pest Management Trap crops 30 Crop I nsurance Not 'if,' but 'when' 32 Quick Q&A Tackling pest management INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 28 The marathon of farming by Tom Burchell DEPARTMENTS 4 Editor's Letter 33 Industry News 34 Ad Index 24 Trap crops 28 The marathon of farming On the Cover Miss our March/April issue? It's available to view at nationalnutgrower.com Christine and Erich Gemperle of Gemperle Orchards. Christine's t-shirt is self-designed. Erich's TIE fighter is self-built. Photo: Matt Hannon Page 6 16 Robots vs. mummies 10 Toothpicks in the trees 14 The art of the upscale PEST CONTROL ISSUE | MAY/JUNE 2022 NATIONALNUTGROWER.COM 3http://www.nationalnutgrower.com http://www.NATIONALNUTGROWER.COM