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Grapes
Featured stories about apples — and more — in this issue.
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Precision prescription for vineyard researcher
U.S. Department of Agriculture hires an ag engineer for new viticulture research role for the Northwest wine industry.
Farmfluencers building brands for their farms
Branding brings benefits and drawbacks for agritourism.
Quest for automated apple harvest continues
Robot company advanced.farm returns to Washington for another harvest of fine-tuning.
Trellis tryout for peach production
Ohio growers share experiences with planar peach plantings.
Good Stuff, November 2024
BX opens its new U.S. headquarters in Yakima Ben Bardsley, CEO and founder of BX, at the company’s new headquarters in Yakima, Washington. (Courtesy BX)
Change of hue for Washington vineyards
As Washington’s red wine grape tide falls, whites are on the rise.
Good Point: Navigating a season of adversity
Northwest fruit industry gathers next month to learn from a challenging 2023–24 crop and chart better paths forward.
Grand Rapids gathering
2024 Great Lakes EXPO packed with fruit sessions.
Hansen: Winterizing wine grapes
Practices to prepare vineyards for dormancy under study at Washington State University.
Vineyard pruning approach cut cold damage after frigid weather
Washington wine grape growers’ freeze response ushered in a full crop.
Dininny: Changing as we grow on
Your favorite fruit magazine is resizing to a slightly smaller format beginning in 2025. Think 10 row instead of 9.
Semillero de Ideas boosts prize money for second contest
Semillero de Ideas, a Washington nonprofit helping farmworkers commercialize their own inventions, is gearing up for its second innovation contest and has significantly boosted its prize money...