During his four decades working at the Washington Growers Clearing House Association, Kirk Mayer saw the Washington apple crop grow from 25 million boxes to 140 million and availability of labor become an increasing concern.
A shift from ladders to illuminated platforms allows pickers to work day or night.
age / 34 crops / Apples, cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines and wine grapes title / General manager business
Antonio Montoya invented a machine that takes most of the labor out of laying a reflective mulch.
Two ladderless apple harvest machines vie for grower approval. They are now for sale.
Steve Tennes Steve Tennes, who operates the Country Mill orchard and farm market at Charlotte, Michigan, became convinced
FSMA is another example of how a good idea (here, improved food safety for consumers) is forged into a federal law with little understanding by legislators of the complexities of the actual situation.
Casey Corr Sixteen times a year, Good Fruit Grower’s cover shows a gorgeous photograph or painting of something
Industry grateful as biggest apple crop ever prepares to ship.
Dan Symms (Courtesy Symms Family) Daniel Thomas Symms, great-grandson of the founder of Symms Fruit Ranch in Caldwell,
