The blueberry industry is trying to take over the world. Faced with surging global production, blueberry marketers are looking for ways to make their fruit…
family background/ Ty graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in ag business and plant science. He’s the son of Becky and Andy…
Trellised peach trees at Greendale Orchard in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, last September. Orchard manager Roy Slothour said growing processing peaches on trellises delivers higher yields a…
Horticulturist Dave Gleason, seen here in a young apple orchard in Washington’s Yakima Valley, said it’s important to look at each block’s individual profitability as…
Snow covers cherry blossoms in Selah, Washington, in mid-April, after a change in the Pacific Northwest weather brought poor pollination conditions during bloom. (TJ Mullinax/Good…
family background/ Both Adam and John Paul are part of the fifth generation operating their family farm. John Paul went to Penn State University and…
Looking for promising new selections, industry advisors to the Washington State University cherry breeding program tour one of the program’s orchards in Prosser in early…
Sunburn model applications by Washington State University researchers predict shade netting will help but will not be enough to protect apples from sunburn over the…
Skeena cherries in Selah, Washington, hang in mid-July, shriveled from the 2021 heat wave that now has growers throughout the Northwest carefully considering their planting…
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,…