Fruit2U Packers, a stone fruit, table grape and citrus packer, recently installed solar panels so the packing house can keep the power on during South Africa’s frequent power outages, known as load ...

The downside to adopting the single-pass application is that it changes the harvest logistics to get the bins through the drencher before they are stacked to await loading, Matson said. Once harvest ...

Julianna Wilson had tales to tell about the spotted wing drosophila, the invasive fruit fly that’s become a major pest of ...

To get the right combination of cold resistance and coveted wine flavor, Plocher and other breeders cross North America’s ...

When Clayton Slaughter noticed the large volume of fruit left on the orchard floor during harvest, it bothered him. Some might see dropped apples as the cost of doing business in an orchard. Slaughter ...

Washington now grows enough WA 38 apples to fill store shelves all year, but how to do that and maintain quality standards is part of an ongoing industry debate. In 2024, the sixth year of commercial ...

This chart highlights the percentage of U.S. apples, cherries and pears exported to Mexico from 2012 to 2024. (Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service; Graphic: Jared ...

Administrators of Northwest Cherries told growers Jan. 10 at the 82nd annual Cherry Institute in Yakima, Washington, that the 2024 season was successful in shipping and promotions, a welcome bright ...

Large, high-quality cherries make a block profitable, even if producing them is expensive. Training limbs, renewing branches and harvesting all cost money, but doing those things well help growers ...

Leaf removal and net retraction both work to boost color in apples. Those are the conclusions made by Lee Kalcsits of Washington State University, endowed chair of environmental physiology for tree ...

The three keys to fruit production today are to grow the right varieties in the right places as efficiently as possible. That’s what Bruce Allen told Good Fruit Grower when he was recognized as the ...

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