The new year kicked off with some new alignments in the Washington tree fruit industry, following the closure of the Sage ...

Over the past 10 years, U.S. shippers of apples, cherries and pears have increasingly relied on their southern neighbor to ...

“We have reached the stage of critical mass, meaning that we now have year-round volume,” said Kevin Brandt, vice president ...

Wood has been ground-harvesting cider apples by hand for more than three decades. He knows a handful of other growers in the ...

Large, high-quality cherries make a block profitable, even if producing them is expensive. Training limbs, renewing branches ...

Isaac is second-generation in the fruit industry. He is one of three sons of Silvia Muñiz and Carlos Balderas. age/ ...

Administrators of Northwest Cherries told growers Jan. 10 at the 82nd annual Cherry Institute in Yakima, Washington, that the 2024 season was successful in shipping and promotions, a welcome bright ...

Low juice grape prices went even lower. After cash prices for many Washington Concord grapes plummeted in 2023, they dropped further for the 2024 harvest, said Trent Ball of Yakima Valley College.

Low commercial apple prices have forced many Midwestern growers to pivot in different directions to find more profitable sales avenues for their fruit. Some growers are turning toward certified ...

Researchers are four years into an ambitious, nationwide research project aimed at ushering in an era of precision nutrient management for vineyards. “The key breakthrough — if we can get there — is ...

The apple bubble — the era of excitement surrounding new, improved varieties that the industry hoped would drive higher pricing — has officially burst. “The days of carrying a cute new apple because ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture Plant Services Program administers eight planting-stock certification programs for various crops, including seed potatoes, grapevines, fruit trees, hops, ...