Pacing platform pickers
Manage to mitigate the difference in efficiency between front and rear harvesters.
Surge of the Black Pearl
Growers seek to balance fruit size and precocity for popular cherry.
Good Point: Facing the future
Start a succession plan now to protect your family’s farming legacy later.
Northwest canners agree to raise Bartlett prices $15 per ton to reflect inflation
Last year, pear growers and processors had the foresight to negotiate a two-year contract and offer stability and price increases
Pinot proposition in Washington
Washington farmer and winemaker partner to ramp up production of classic, wetter-climate variety in new region.
Good Stuff: May 15, 2023
A selection of the latest products and services for tree fruit and grape growers
Cherry crop slow growing this year
California and Northwest cherries off to a late start.
Shaping the future of cherry production — Video
Research on rootstocks and tree architecture puts sweet cherries in a favorable position.
Power to the peaches! — Video
Lessons learned in apples, cherries could aid “stone fruit revolution.”
New ways in the Willamette
Squeezed by rising production costs, Oregon’s high-end vineyard owners rethink systems.