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The 2017 apple harvest at Doornink Fruit Ranch began with Buckeye Gala on Aug. 25 in Wapato, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Average apple harvest likely in U.S.

October 10, 2017
Tree fruit orchards surround the pcfruit research station in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, where researchers are cooperating on a four-year project looking into biocontrol agents for fire blight. Good Fruit Grower visited the station in May to learn more about this project and other research efforts there. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

The global fire blight fight

September 28, 2017
This orchard of Conference pears at pcfruit research station near Sint-Truiden, Belgium, survived the spring frost that decimated many apple and cherry orchards. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Conference pear challenge

September 27, 2017

Disease-seeking drone research

September 26, 2017
Several growers in the Wapato, Washington, area are beginning to harvest their Buckeye Gala apples on August 25, 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)on August 25, 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

USApple 2017 forecast: big drop in Midwest, slight drop in West, slight increase in East

August 25, 2017
Gala apples ripening before harvest in a Wapato, Washington, orchard on August 24, 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

NAFTA is the talk of USApple Outlook conference

August 24, 2017
Freshly washed cherries roll through the packing process at Blue Bird, Inc.'s, Wenatchee, Washington facility on June 16, 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Big cherry crop came with surprises

August 10, 2017

Orchard mechanization gains momentum

August 8, 2017

The ag advocates

August 8, 2017
A Sweetheart cherry tree on Mazzard rootstock shows signs of bacterial canker infection in The Dalles, Oregon. (Courtesy Drew Hubbard)

Thwarting a cherry killer

July 17, 2017