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IFTA summer tour starts with Southwest Ontario

July 22, 2025
Michigan State University doctoral student Abby Krent collects root tissue samples for microbial testing, part of an MSU project studying blueberry replant problems in Michigan fields. (Courtesy Josh Vander Weide/Michigan State University)

Getting to the root of replant problems

July 22, 2025
Michigan grower Bill Nyblad, right, talks about Honeycrisp horticulture during RidgeFest 2025, the annual field day of the Michigan Pomesters. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

RidgeFest talks Honeycrisp horticulture in Michigan

July 18, 2025
Mechanical blossom thinning of peaches at Lewis Farm in New Era, Michigan, on May 12. Attached to a forklift tractor, the Peach Blossom Thinner, manufactured by Phil Brown Welding, rotates ropes to knock blossoms off the trees. Grower Scott Lewis said crews follow with hand-thinning of fruitlets later in the season. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Palmetto State peach patrons

July 3, 2025

Table grapes with a twist

June 26, 2025

Labor department suspends enforcement of contentious 2024 H-2A rule

June 23, 2025

Agricultural climate creep

June 17, 2025
A high-density block of processing apples in the foreground, with freestanding processing plantings in the background, at Ned Morgan’s farm in Western New York in August 2022. Morgan is experimenting with high-density plantings for processing. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Processing perseverance

June 11, 2025
A Concord juice grape vineyard in Pennsylvania, part of the Lake Erie grape region. Concord growers rely on fungicides to protect against black rot and other diseases. (Courtesy Megan Luke/Lake Erie Regional Grape Program)

Fungicide label changes may challenge vineyard management

May 28, 2025
Grower Tim Buhr shows International Fruit Tree Association visitors a block of covered (in season) sweet cherry trees during IFTA’s winter tour in Western New York in February. He said high-density sweet cherries can be profitable but are difficult to grow. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

New York cherries under nets

May 27, 2025