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A modified Korvan blueberry harvester picks cider apples in 2020 at the Washington State University Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. The center maintains online guides for how to grow cider apples in the maritime climate on the west side of the state. (Courtesy Aidan Kendall/Washington State University)

Cider center supports Western Washington growers

January 22, 2026
Adam Zediker of Columbia Farm Services speaks about the importance of training people well and making careful decisions about overtime during the Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting in December at the Wenatchee Convention Center in Wenatchee, Washington. He’s joined on the panel by Gilbert Plath of Washington Fruit Growers, left, and Jose Ramirez of KS Orchard and El Paraiso Orchard, right. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Survival strategies for apple growers — Video

January 21, 2026

WAFLA and Washington Growers League to merge

January 15, 2026
Ian Chandler, president of the Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission, in a Bing cherry block he leases in The Dalles, Oregon. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Oregon cherry growers in a state of frustration

January 12, 2026
Adam Brohimer of Luminary Insights, speaking to cherry growers at the 83rd Annual Cherry Institute, said retail has room for higher prices that would pull everybody’s profits higher. Brohimer delivered the keynote presentation on Jan. 7 at the Yakima Convention Center in Yakima, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Keynote tells Cherry Institute there is room for higher prices and returns

January 7, 2026
B.J. Thurlby leads the proceedings at the 2024 Cherry Institute in Yakima, Washington. Thurlby has retired after 25 years as president of the Washington State Fruit Commission, which hosts the annual Cherry Institute. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest cherries hold a bit of magic

January 7, 2026
Welch’s processing facility in Grandview, Washington. The state’s Concord grape growers on contract with Welch’s received more than $300 per ton in 2025. Growers who sold on the cash market averaged about half that. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Concord conundrum

January 6, 2026
Crews harvest Bartlett processing pears in August at Sundquist Fruit and Cold Storage near Selah, Washington. The closure of Del Monte’s Yakima processing facility in 2025, and its subsequent bankruptcy filing, left a glut of pears that rippled through the entire market, canned and fresh. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest pears facing large crop and small market — Video

January 5, 2026
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Yakima Valley orchardist settles Washington state lawsuit over H-2A bias

December 30, 2025
In Oregon’s Columbia Gorge, Tim Hudson of Mosier Creek Orchards grows this 50-year-old hilltop block of Royal Ann cherries specifically for processing, viewing it as an oasis of consistency amid the boom-or-bust cycles of the fresh market. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

A reliable process for cherry growers

December 29, 2025