January 1, 2019

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2019 Outlook

Featured stories covering the 2019 outlook in this issue.

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Warming up to Arctic apples

Shipping bays await truck drivers to haul food from the Western Distribution Services cold storage facility in 2017 near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. (Photo illustration and graphic by TJ Mullinax and Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower) Source: American Trucking Associations

Driver shortage could mean trouble down the road

Cans of pears at a Del Monte Foods processing center in Yakima, Washington, are wrapped and ready for shipment. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Pear industry pitches American-grown canned fruit

Clean Plant Center Northwest director Scott Harper is surrounded by fruit trees at the Prosser, Washington, center in August 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Clean Plant Center exports mostly on hold

Musacchi shows just how deep growers should cut into the wood when click pruning the WA 38 variety. Pruners should listen for the “crack” of the bark, cutting only the bark and phloem just below the bark. These scoring cuts should be at an angle, not a 360-degree cut-around, which would leave the tree vulnerable to snapping. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Click pruning techniques for Cosmic Crisp

Financial partners offer growers growing opportunities

Jackson, left, Craver’s longtime business partner, looks at organic Honeycrisp apples while showing investors from Texas how their money is being spent on the farm. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Investment advice for orchardists

Washington State Grape Society awards

Concord grape near Outlook, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Higher prices for juice grape growers in 2018

Postharvest manager Paul Esvelt explains what makes the Opal apple special at a “pop-up orchard” event in New York City, designed to build social media buzz about the variety exclusively owned by FirstFruits Marketing. (Courtesy FirstFruits Marketing)

Apple marketers like social media

New tool helps growers budget for climate change

Michelle Cortens, a young grower from Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Kurrle: 2019 brings challenges and opportunities

Behind the scenes: 2019 Good Fruit Grower cover launch