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2020 Outlook
Featured stories covering the 2020 outlook, and more, in this issue.
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What to do with the wrong rootstocks
How to adjust horticulturally to the wrong rootstocks.
Nurseries recognize rootstocks with mistaken identity
Errors in the supply chain cause deliveries of incorrect cherry rootstocks, but new technology may help prevent future errors.
On the way to supplying local organic demand
One New York-based grocery chain invests in organic farming to help its suppliers meet customer demand, but for fruit, it has a long way to go.
It pays to promote
Northwest U.S. tree fruit groups put trade conflict mitigation funds to work.
Tart cherry growers feeling the squeeze
Producers battling SWD, imports and changing tastes.
Easing tart cherry trade troubles
After years of challenges for U.S. tart cherry industry, some recent victories offer promising signs.
A family finds their farm
Ambitious Abendroth family tackles modernization of older New York orchards.
Grape juice prices getting better
U.S. juice grape prices inch up as production and demand fall in line.
Survey seeks input on selling sustainable wine
New grant helps industry ask what wine drinkers want when it comes to green wine.
Tissue culture startup shuts down
Millions of trees in limbo after tissue culture company Phytelligence enters receivership.
Dininny: A Good Fruit goodbye and a welcome, too
We’re starting the new year with some new staff changes.
More growers count in census count update
Ag census methodology change recognizes a broader array of growers.
Preview: 2020 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
Tree fruit, stone fruit and wine grape sessions will cover multiple aspects of production.
O’Rourke: Is apple demand falling?
If so, how should the Washington apple industry respond?
Preview: 2020 Empire State Producers Expo
Sessions will cover bitter pit, fire blight and other topics.
Kevin Shaw and Lance Davison, young growers from Vernon, British Columbia
Kevin Shaw, a first-generation farmer, grew up in Kenya and pursued an engineering degree. Lance Davison, a fourth-generation farmer, grew up in Vernon and focused on horticulture in college. Kevin married Lance’s sister, Laura. The family business includes parents, Tamra and Tom Davison, and grandparents, Dora and Bob Davison.