From left, Francisco Javier Solorio Negrete, Jonathan Ramos and Gerardo Moran harvest cherries at night on platforms at an Allan Bros. high-density orchard near Mesa,…
Almond trees stand in what was a peach orchard at Britton-Konynenburg Farms in Modesto, California, in August. The multigenerational farm, like others in California, is…
Jose Sainez Flores, an H-2A worker from Mexico, loads a tote of peaches onto a custom-built trailer, pulled by tractor driver Micho Loera, during harvest…
Joe Cotta, manager of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ Cold Creek Vineyard in Benton County, Washington, talks about how he’s trying to find the balance between…
Honeycrisp harvest at Mt. Ridge Farms in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in September. New planar growing systems allow for mobile platforms and less labor-intensive ladder work.…
Cornish Apple – Jeff Colombini grows trellised apples above his force row cutouts. He stops irrigating approximately 5 to 6 days earlier than harvest to…
After mid-April weather delays, cherry growers of the Northwest have released their first crop estimate of the year. They predict they will harvest roughly 150,000…
The Washington State Wine Commission announced in a press release it has awarded almost $1 million in research grants through the statewide grape and wine…
Cornish Apple – Like many other fruit farms in the past decade, Sacia Orchards in Galesville, Wisconsin, has come to depend on the skill and…
Cornish Apple – Back in December, at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s annual meeting program, I was tapped to deliver a Batjer presentation that…