December 2024

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Convention Special

Featured stories about the Washington and Michigan conventions, the Good Fruit Grower of the Year — and more — in this issue.

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Fresh transitions for Michigan cherry growers

Working out the bugs with sterile spotted wing drosophila

Growers getting lawmakers to tune in to labor problems

Automated apple harvester and in-field sorter advancing in trials

Removing leaves and retracting netting both boost apple color

Old Mission makeover from trees to vines

Armillaria armor in the orchard

Sticking with predators for pest management

Longtime growers share a moment of reckoning on the road to resilience

Next-gen nutrition for vineyards

More moth math needed for Washington orchards

Good to Know: Sterile moth 101

A new look at labor costs for apple growers

Dininny: We can find hope in hard times together

DeVaney: Growers are not OK

Hort Show preview: Uninformed foodie fight

EXPO preview: Talking about your regeneration

Leading by listening: 2024 Good Fruit Grower of the Year

Seeing the big picture: 2024 Good Fruit Grower of the Year

Rise of the orchard manager: 2024 Good Fruit Grower of the Year

Leo Sarmiento, a young grower from East Wenatchee, Washington