Legal & Regulatory

An app fit for apples

August 12, 2026

USDOL announces new Adverse Effect Wage Rates

August 3, 2026

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9

Growers facing more personnel paperwork penalties

July 21, 2026

H-2A workers harvesting apples in Pennsylvania in 2021

Another attempt for H-2A reform

July 8, 2026

Gebbers Farms apple blocks and facilities

Brewster Heights bankruptcy sheds light on dire economics of the industry

June 30, 2026

Michigan State University’s mifruitdecision.com, a new website where growers can access pesticide timing and efficacy data. Apples are the only fruit crop on the website so far, but researchers plan to add more crops. (Courtesy Michigan State University)

New digital tool for pesticide decisions in Michigan

May 13, 2026

An airblast sprayer in a British Columbia cherry orchard in July 2025. Growers targeting certain export markets need to carefully examine spray residuals, the Northwest Horticultural Council cautions, after maximum residue level violations for Danitol (fenpropathrin) last season. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Smart spray scheduling

May 12, 2026

H-2A workers prune a high-density apple block at Joe Rasch Orchards in Sparta, Michigan, in March 2024. Like other Michigan growers, farm managers Manuel and Katie Vargas are figuring out how much to pay their H-2A workers now that the program’s wage floor has been lowered. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Compensation contemplations for farm labor

May 11, 2026

Growers sow a productive partnership

May 11, 2026

Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse, right, talks with Germaine Etcheverry Newstead of Good Fruit Grower magazine and other tree fruit industry representa-tives in Yakima on May 7, 2026. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Washington Rep. Newhouse visits with tree fruit industry groups in Yakima

May 7, 2026