It should come as no surprise that the biggest challenge for Western growers this year plays a starring role at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association annual meeting: drought. Dr. Melba Salazar-Gutierrez, WSU, speaks at the Washington Hort Show in Kennewick, Washington on December 2, 2014. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) “Growing Forward: Solutions for Current and Future Challenges” is the theme for the 111th conference December 7-9, and with opening day talks planned on weather variability, water resources, infrastructure, and crop stress, perhaps no topic better illustrates that theme. Most or all of Washington, Oregon, and California and remain in […]