The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced June 20 that it temporarily suspended enforcement of its 2024 Farmworker Protection Rule, effective immediately. The rule faced numerous ...

Moderately sized, regional grocery chains have the dexterity to market small volumes of new fruit. Yoke’s Fresh Market can ...

Northwest cherry growers depending on local labor began harvest with low crew turnout as workers report fears of immigration ...

Both counties currently grow a lot of the same crops. Some of the diseases are the same, too, such as blueberry anthracnose.

Visiting viticulturist from Australia shares strategies for sustainable grape growing by embracing functional biodiversity.

The family’s processing varieties include Idared, Crispin, Rome, Empire and Golden Delicious. Bob said all varieties are ...

Dennis Carlton, de Smallwood Farms, en el condado de Okanogan, Washington, ha tomado prestadas unas ideas para el cultivo de ...

The BC Tree Fruits logo will be resurrected this season by a new investment partnership between a British Columbia real ...

The most popular rootstock with sweet cherry growers right now, according to nurseries, is Gisela 12. Jim Adams, vice president of Willow Drive Nursery in Washington, said Gisela 12 is the top ...

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Market forces push growers to be more efficient. A recent Washington State University study found that while a producing block of Honeycrisp in Washington costs more than $15,000 per acre annually — ...

In addition to pheromone disruption and spraying, cultural controls can help to keep a lid on codling moth populations. Orchard sanitation, bin management and netting are just a few examples, but they ...