Soil nutrition

Sebastian Traviesa searches for soil texture layers during a viticulture field day

Soil and sensors featured at viticulture field day in Eastern Washington

July 30, 2026

Close-up of sandy soil in a new peach planting at Michigan State University.

Growing grounds of the Great Lakes

June 18, 2026

Shahnnen Elizabeth-Head feeds her sheep a few treats, but they mostly forage on cover crops and unwanted shoots and suckers in the vineyard, providing key canopy management at the certified regenerative vineyard in White Salmon, Washington. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Ewe‑nique employees helping a farm thrive

May 14, 2026

A horizontal grinder grinds trees into wood chips in a California almond orchard. Regulations prevent San Joaquin Valley growers from burning trees or vines, so many grind them into wood chips and incorporate them back into the soil. (Courtesy Brent Holtz/University of California)

Chipping away at soil health

May 13, 2026

Researchers hydroseed subterranean clover — known to thrive in poor soils and grow large root systems — under the vine row in March at a Washington State University soil health research vineyard near Prosser. They are testing the nitrogen-fixing legume as an alternative to herbicide application. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

More to come from long-term soil study — Video

April 29, 2026

When grower Jim Baird removes an orchard, he chips the wood and discs it into the soil to boost soil health for whatever comes next. In this case, an aged-out block of Aztec Fuji makes way in March for new cherry trees at his Othello, Washington, farm. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Invest in rest for your orchard

April 22, 2026

A new blueberry planting with black weed mats at Michigan State University’s Trevor Nichols Research Center in October 2019.

Research to help blueberry growers replant right

April 21, 2026

Mulch in an orchard

Mulch makeover

April 16, 2026

A MyLand algae treatment tank fertigates a Honeycrisp block in May 2025 at a Washington Orchard Management farm near Royal City, Washington. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Elevating soil algae

April 10, 2026

Soil health researcher Sarah Gafner-Bergeron, right, discusses the soil cores from different treatments with David Granatstein, professor emeritus of sustainable agriculture at Washington State University during a field day at WSU’s Sunrise Research Orchard on July 24, 2025. Granatstein noted that core from the mulch treatment shows the soil biome breaking down the mulch and structurally changing the top layer of soil. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Soils under scrutiny at WSU Sunrise field day

July 25, 2025