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Featured stories about the Good Fruit Grower of the Year and more in this issue.
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Flyby for fertilizer management
New $4.75 million grant supports High-Resolution Vineyard Nutrient Management project to develop sensor-based management strategies.
A quest for Great Lakes cider apples
Collection aims to uncover ideal varieties for Michigan.
Binding blueberry breeders
New project puts national focus on fruit quality.
Pennsylvania pest control
Insects, diseases hit some regions harder than others.
A farm is born
A couple who both grew up in farm families share the experience of starting their own.
Can a lucky find now find a home?
Yakima-area grower hopes high-density-friendly habit of his apple can help it break through.
Thinning decisions by the numbers
New York growers test pollen tube growth model.
Breaking branches to tame vigor
Training technique can make Fujis more fruitful.
Sweet cherry harvester not forgotten
Researchers say they haven't given up, and the mechanical sweet cherry harvester may be due for a comeback.
Cooperate to co-innovate
Robotics developer asks growers to take active role in ushering in new technology.
Robotic pickers progress through pandemic
Companies continue to improve automated harvest machines.
The Cosmic two-pick
Some growers are choosing to color pick their WA 38 apples.
Cooperation keeps out coronavirus
Oregon growers dodge housing-related outbreaks and major labor shortages.
Success starts in the nursery: 2020 Good Fruit Grower of the Year
For detail-driven Farrow, designer trees produced in the home nursery provide the best start for super spindle orchards.
The king of crop load: 2020 Good Fruit Grower of the Year
Precision crop load management drives Farrow’s success.
Nonfamily traditions: 2020 Good Fruit Grower of the Year
Farrow shares insights on planning successful farm transitions.
Profit by precision: 2020 Good Fruit Grower of the Year
2020 Grower of the Year Rod Farrow reflects on a career on the leading edge of precision horticulture in New York.
Parker and Sarah Sherrell, young growers from Hood River, Oregon
Sarah and Parker are first-generation farmers who recently purchased their own farm. Sarah graduated from University of Oregon and earned her master’s degree in business from George Fox University.
Prophecies from a Supermarket Guru
Keynote Hort Show speaker to share predictions of future grocery shopping.
The shows will go on(line)
Get the most out of your virtual conference experience.
DeVaney: Essential doesn’t mean easy
Reflecting on the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s busy 2020 and looking ahead at industry priorities for 2021.
Karen Lewis named director for WSU Extension’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Unit
After more than 30 years working with tree fruit growers as an extension specialist in the Columbia Basin, Karen Lewis is taking on a new