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The Cherry Express plane arrives at the cargo departures area of SeaTac airport in Seattle, Washington, on July 12, 2017, to take fresh cherries to the Chinese market, while other Northwest cherries bound for Korea, right, are staged for loading. Eight international cargo flights were packaged and loaded from the neutral apron loading areas at SeaTac scheduled for markets across Asia. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

All aboard the cherry express

January 11, 2018

Conner Sullivan, a young grower from Pasco, Washington

January 4, 2018

Computer vision systems can count apples and provide a new perspective on crop load

December 30, 2017
Clean Plant Center Northwest director Scott Harper is surrounded by fruit trees at the Prosser, Washington, center in August. The trees are being grown and tested for viruses and diseases before they can be considered clean and released to growers. Harper says many of the center’s facilities are at or beyond capacity to process the large amount of plant material they receive each year. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

For plants, it’s not easy being clean

December 26, 2017
Michael Swanson, Wells Fargo -- "Nothing natural moves in a straight line, we need to prepare for the good as much as the bad." (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Anticipation and Flexibility: Day 1, Hort Show morning wrap

December 4, 2017

Anel Dorantes, a young grower from Tieton, Washington

December 4, 2017
Omeg stands in one of his blocks of cherries — he owns 330 acres in the northern Oregon hills east of the Cascade Mountains. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

An Oregon trailblazer: 2017 Grower of the Year

November 30, 2017
Omeg talks with other growers about his "mow and blow" mulching results during an Oregon State University soils workshop in March 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

A grower with industry influence: 2017 Grower of the Year

November 30, 2017
Mike Omeg spent two years planning this 25-acre trellis system. He doesn’t expect to recoup his costs for at least five more years. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Omeginsanity: 2017 Grower of the Year

November 30, 2017

Big hopes for a big cherry

November 22, 2017