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From left, Bruce Allen, Paul Stiekema, Nick Plath, Jason Matson and Jake Gutzwiler speak on the "Harvest management and orchard practices influencing fruit quality" panel during the Washington State Tree Fruit Association's annual meeting in December 2018 in Yakima, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Advice for avoiding harvest headaches

February 13, 2019
Grape vineyards near Sunnyside, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Scaling sustainability in the vineyard

February 7, 2019

BC Tree Fruits restructures

February 7, 2019
Steel materials for trellis construction await use at a new tree fruit block in Royal City, Washington, in August. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

High prices mean hard choices over steel

February 5, 2019
Several rows of unreleased varieties in various stages of screening grow next to the mother tree of the WA 38 apple (in the bottom right corner of the block) in April 2018 at Washington State University’s research orchard near Wenatchee, Washington. For WSU’s next apple — or cherry — the university has more legal avenues for intellectual property protection, thanks to a small change in language in the new Farm Bill signed by President Donald Trump in December. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

The small print has a big impact in new Farm Bill

February 5, 2019

Nereyida Ponce, a young grower from Prosser, Washington

January 31, 2019
The Summerland Research and Development Centre, overlooking Okanagan Lake in Summerland, British Columbia, is the home of some of Canada’s best known fruit varieties. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Breeder is ready to grow Canadian program

January 29, 2019

Advances in automation pump up pear packers

January 24, 2019
Freshly treated with natamycin, cherries await further trials at the Pace International laboratory in Wapato, Washington, in 2016. Pace postharvest director Richard Kim said the product was used successfully in commercial trials with several California packers last year and should be available for use in Washington this year. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Biofungicide shows promise for cherry packers

January 22, 2019

Go with the flow for cold storage efficiency

January 17, 2019