Washington State University has given its newest apple, WA 64, the official trade name Sunflare. University apple breeder Kate Evans announced the new name on Dec. 10 at the Washington State Tree ...
“The main point you’re looking for is the ratio between sweetness and acidity,” Krishna Kumar said. “If there’s any ...
Gary Grove, a soon-to-be professor emeritus of plant pathology at Washington State University, told growers they face ...
That means “heaven for tree fruit,” said company CEO Willem Coetzee in his introduction to the tour group, though others ...
Kate Prengaman—graphic by Jared Johnson and Kate PrengamanIt’s been a brutal year for apple growers, who received returns below the cost of production on the bumper 2023 crop while paying ...
NW HORT SHOW & EXPO COVERAGEGood Fruit Grower is covering the 119th Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting and NW Hort Show Dec. 4–6and the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market ...
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission announced in a news release the recent completion of its annual study of ...
Theron’s colleague, Elke Crouch, and Mariette Kotze of Hortgro, the pome and stone fruit industry’s grower association, also ...
Stories are great, but they’re not enough. Ray Starling will tell you so when he delivers the keynote address as the 2024 Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting begins on Dec. 9. Ray ...
I’m not going to sugarcoat it: It’s been a rough year for many. Escalating costs, weather challenges, new regulations, retail consolidation … the list goes on. Growers have many reasons to be ...
Physiologist Lee Kalcsits will handle part of the duties from his newly created position as programmatic lead starting Dec. 1, according to a news release from the university. The new role for ...
What was your introduction to agriculture? My dad has been in the ag industry for many, many years now, and I’ve always grown up around it. My first memories are when my dad was one of the orchard ...