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Feds approve Lewis-Clark Valley AVA

April 20, 2016
Stan Klabenes operates a large bulldozer on March 3, 2016, across the slope of a new cooling and frost control pond at a future orchard owned by Washington Fruit and Produce Co. near Kittitas, Washington. Klabenes works for Selland Construction, Inc., based in Wenatchee.(TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Planting frenzy

April 19, 2016

Watering whites

April 13, 2016
Washington State University researchers are conducting an irrigation study on a Cabernet Sauvignon block on Washington’s Red Mountain, near Prosser. (Courtesy Pete Jacoby)

Going deep when watering grapes

April 12, 2016
Concord grape near Outlook, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Concords on deficit

April 11, 2016
Research over the past two years shows irrigation can be reduced prior to harvest without harming sweet cherry fruit yield or quality for some varieties, including Lapins. (Good Fruit Grower file)

Using less water

April 11, 2016

OSU soil scientist to lead southern Oregon ag research station

April 6, 2016
A photo from a video presentation showing a autonomous robotic apple picker developed by SRI Robotics International that was tested in Central Washington orchards. The video was shown during the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission's annual technology review meeting held in Ellensburg, Wash., on February 4, 2016.

Growers get peek at automatic picking machine — VIDEO

March 18, 2016
Jason Schlagel presents the Eric Hanson Memorial Grower of the Year Award to Mimi Nye during the Washington Association of Wine Grape Grower meeting in Kennewick, Washington on February 10, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Nye retires from Chateau Ste. Michelle after 35 years

March 18, 2016
Caroline Williams from Chateau Ste Michelle shows her cuttings during the bud assessment session. If any of the buds are brown — and not green — they were probably damaged by a cold snap. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Finding cold damage

March 18, 2016