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Great Lakes Agricultural Labor Services provides training and orientation to incoming workers immediately upon arrival, as they did here, on the Leitz brothers’ farm near Sodus, Michigan on June 27, 2015. (Courtesy Fred Leitz)

Michigan grows labor program

May 6, 2016
Growers and researchers attend the third orchard field day from the 2013 WSU Fruit School series on "The Honeycrisp Experience" on June 13, 2013 at Chiawana Orchards in Gleed, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Honeycrisp from Chile coming to U.S.

April 27, 2016
CLICK TO ENLARGE (PDF) The longer a herbicide is on the market, the longer the list of resistant species. There are 35 known Roundup-resistant weed species in the world. Source: Ian Heap, WeedScience.org (Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower illustration)

Herbicide resistance a growing concern

April 25, 2016
Yellow nutsedge (Courtesy Cornell University)

Pre-emergents can help control yellow nutsedge

April 25, 2016

Soil-mapping tools available to growers

April 22, 2016
Bud damage assessment tools: razor blade, knife or scalpel and a limb-caliper tool, such as an Equilifruit. Dissect flowers lengthwise. (Courtesy Edwin Winzeler)

How to check for apple and peach bud damage

April 20, 2016

Former MSU president, Dr. Gordon Guyer, 1926-2016

April 13, 2016

How different nutrients affect fruit quality

April 13, 2016
Geneva 11 rootstock at Cameron Nursery in Eltopia, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Know your soil before picking your rootstock

April 13, 2016
Absorptive roots are responsible for water and nutrient uptake from the soil. Transport roots act like plumbing systems and connect the absorptive roots to the main pioneer roots of the tree. (iStock image)

Root care

April 12, 2016