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Peter Zeihan gives the keynote speech during the 2018 Cherry Institute in Yakima, Washington, on January 12, 2018. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest cherry growers think global at 75th institute

January 12, 2018
Margaret McCoy, a Washington State University graduate student studying spray technologies, shows a collection of used, rusted disc-core nozzles, the kind often found in a growers’ shop. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Yes, your spray nozzles need to be replaced on a regular basis.

December 27, 2017
Bing harvest at the Doornink Fruit Ranch in Wapato, Washington, in June. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Season’s smaller Bings highlight need for better crop load management tools

December 27, 2017

Learning Cosmic lessons

December 20, 2017
New tree starts of the Washington State University-bred variety WA 38, to be sold under the brand name Cosmic Crisp, are planted in a field leased by René Nicolaï fruit tree nursery in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, in May. The trees are bound for an Italian grower, who is the first international licensee for Cosmic Crisp. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Protecting intellectual property

December 20, 2017
Grower Andrew Sundquist, left, and Ken Breen, scientist for Plant and Food Research New Zealand, discuss the data from a research trial into the effectiveness of artificial spur extinction in a Jazz apple block near Selah, Washington, in June. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

New idea for controlling crop load

December 20, 2017

Feds extending FSMA sampling deadlines

December 20, 2017
The H2-A panel on the final day of the 113th Annual Meeting and NW Hort Expo in Kennewick, Washington, on December 6, 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Labor, pests and disease: Hort show, Day 3 wrap

December 6, 2017
Dain Craver, DAC Consulting, speaks during the Washington State Tree Fruit Association 113th Annual Meeting on December 6, 2017.

Organics: Hort show Day 2, afternoon wrap

December 5, 2017
Co Dinn, the longtime winemaker and director of winemaking for Hogue Cellars, has opened up his own shop in Sunnyside, Washington. So far, it’s a one-man show producing just five labels: a Chardonnay, a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Syrah and two red blends. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Longtime winemaker fulfills dream by opening his own boutique winery

November 22, 2017