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A chart showing lower Adverse Effect Wage Rates for 2026

AEWR goes down under new rule

October 1, 2025

Rodolfo Perez, an H-2A worker from Mexico, works on the second pick of Ambrosia in a McDougall and Sons orchard in Quincy, Washington, in October. This was a tough year for color on many varieties, said Scott McDougall, including Ambrosia. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Feds foreshadow H-2A wage changes

September 4, 2025

Wine grape smoke exposure research roadmap published

August 27, 2025

Polish fruit growers were among the 125 people who checked out precision irrigation and heat management tools and ideas on July 25 at the Washington State University Smart Orchard field day near Mattawa. Organizers will host another field day at a different Smart Orchard location on Aug. 1 near Zillah. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Heat and water highlight Smart Orchard field day

July 29, 2025

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

Jeff Hamrick, left, and Gareth Nisbett peer into microscopes to identify grape mealybug, which look like thrips to the naked eye, at the 2025 Washington State Grape Society field day on July 24, 2025, at Inland Desert Nursery near Benton City, Washington. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Grape field day covers mealybugs, rootstocks

July 25, 2025

Washington workers sue Tree Top for rest break violations

July 16, 2025

Cornerstone Ranches responds to Washington state’s H-2A discrimination lawsuit

June 25, 2025

Labor department suspends enforcement of contentious 2024 H-2A rule

June 23, 2025

New owners to revive BC Tree Fruits brand and facilities

June 9, 2025