January 1st 2026 Issue

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January 1, 2026 — Digital Issue

March 20, 2026

A 1995 International Fruit Tree Association (known then as the Dwarf Fruit Tree Association) tour attendee takes pictures of orchards in South Tyrol in northern Italy. IFTA’s international tours showcase fruit-growing methods around the world. (Good Fruit Grower archive photo)

Still growing, still learning with IFTA

January 14, 2026

A positive latitude for Ontario wine grapes

January 14, 2026

In July, Deep Brar was excited about the developing crop on these seventh-leaf Staccato trees, because 2025 would be his first harvest in the block after back-to-back losses from cold damage. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Bittersweet cherry season in British Columbia

January 13, 2026

Ian Chandler, president of the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission, in a Bing cherry block he leases in The Dalles, Oregon. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Oregon cherry growers in a state of frustration

January 12, 2026

Insights from 80 years of good fruit growing

January 8, 2026

B.J. Thurlby leads the proceedings at the 2024 Cherry Institute in Yakima, Washington. Thurlby has retired after 25 years as president of the Washington State Fruit Commission, which hosts the annual Cherry Institute. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest cherries hold a bit of magic

January 7, 2026

Welch’s processing facility in Grandview, Washington. The state’s Concord grape growers on contract with Welch’s received more than $300 per ton in 2025. Growers who sold on the cash market averaged about half that. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Concord conundrum

January 6, 2026

Crews harvest Bartlett processing pears in August at Sundquist Fruit and Cold Storage near Selah, Washington. The closure of Del Monte’s Yakima processing facility in 2025, and its subsequent bankruptcy filing, left a glut of pears that rippled through the entire market, canned and fresh. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest pears facing large crop and small market — Video

January 5, 2026

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January 1, 2026