Flyout Feature

Nelson family members in Nelson Irrigation’s engineering facility

Bringing a foundation to irrigation automation

August 13, 2026

Bruce Talbott checks on fruit quality during peach harvest in 2021

Predicting a peachy pace for harvest

July 1, 2026

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

Growing grounds of the Great Lakes

June 18, 2026

The Timberline is a cherry like no other

May 21, 2026

Lupe Muñoz, a longtime Central Washington orchard manager, captains a cherry harvest in June 2025 for River Valley Fruit near Grandview, Washington. The Mexican immigrant received legal status during the 1986 amnesty program and became a U.S. citizen in 1991. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Los jefes in Washington’s fruit industry

May 7, 2026

Mulch in an orchard

Mulch makeover

April 16, 2026

Elias Rubio with HMC Farms demonstrates the method for rolling up a new netting system the farm is trialing on its plums during the International Fruit Tree Association tour in February in the San Joaquin Valley of California. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

California crop management uncovered

April 2, 2026

A view of Clarkdale Fruit Farms in Deerfield, Massachusetts, from a peach block last September. Peaches are a popular and profitable crop but vulnerable to spring frosts. Clarkdale is run by Tom Clark and his son, Ben, and, like other growers in the region, they prefer to grow peaches on hilltops. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Farms shifting for success

March 26, 2026

A Deraeocoris brevis nymph crawls across a leaf in August at the U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory in Wapato, Washington. The insect’s timing and appetite for pear psylla has made it an all-star predator in pear integrated pest management. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Most Valuable Predator of pear pests

March 5, 2026

Brookdale Fruit Farm employees harvest Foxtrot Gala in September 2025. The New Hampshire orchard uses an autonomous Revo Piuma platform. Six workers, two on the machine and four on the ground, pick the apples by hand and place them on the conveyor belts, which fill the bin below. Compared to ladders, the platform speeds picking and reduces fruit bruising, grower Trevor Hardy said. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

A strong and Hardy outlook for farming family business

February 19, 2026