March 15th 2026 Issue

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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 female Andrena regularis, also known as the regular miner bee, visiting apple flowers at Cornell Orchards in Ithaca, New York. This ground-nesting native bee is an effective apple pollinator. (Courtesy Bryan Danforth/Cornell University)

Winning with home-team pollinators

March 25, 2026

Quick Bites, March 15, 2026

March 24, 2026

The Honeycrisp apples on the right show more red color development in early September 2023, because the crop load is in the ideal window, while the overcropped tree at left shows less color development. This Malaga, Washington, trial block is part of a multistate research project to determine the optimum crop load for Honeycrisp in different regions and the value — to growers — of staying in the target range. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Apple growers aiming for the red zone

March 24, 2026

Washington wine company owners Drew Bledsoe and Court Wyckoff, at right, discuss the future of the state’s industry in mid-February at the annual WineVit conference and trade show in Kennewick. (TJ/Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Winemakers advised to make for the middle

March 24, 2026

From left, Matt Eddie, his grandfather Jim Eddie and his daughter Sarah make popcorn balls together in December, while his wife, Leah, and daughters Sadie and Faith work at the table in the background. The Eddies sold their Grandview, Washington, farm last year after economic challenges pushed Eddie to thoughts of suicide. After seeking help, he now wants other growers to know their mental health matters. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Sharing a light in the dark

March 23, 2026

Freddy Reyes, a doctoral student at Washington State University, applies a plant growth regulator in a cherry thinning trial hosted by a commercial operator in April 2025. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Tree tactics for top-dollar cherries

March 19, 2026

Good Stuff, March 15, 2026

March 18, 2026

Priya Chakrabarti Basu, Washington State University’s newest bee scientist, poses in a bee research laboratory at the Pullman campus. (Courtesy Janae Becher/Washington State University)

Mapping a landscape of nutrition for pollinators

March 18, 2026

Michigan State University horticulture professor Todd Einhorn discusses apple tree phenology stages and predictive models during the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO in December. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Research to reduce weather worries

March 18, 2026