Kate PrengamanMaking optimum storage decisions for a warehouse full of apples or pears involves taking lots of samples to ...

Research has long established that UV light kills microbes. It’s now a matter of figuring out how to incorporate it ...

Controlled atmosphere storage refers to a suite of practices regulating levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature and ...

David Rudell, a research plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Wenatchee, gave the crowd a few best ...

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 ...

In October 2022, Crist Bros Orchards received a letter in the mail from the New York Public Employment Relations Board. The letter stated that Crist Bros employees had voted to unionize, and that the ...

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.

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, ...

The Good Fruit Grower Buyers’ Guide is an industry directory of agricultural suppliers and organizations, plus resources for education and research. Click the image below if you want to search through ...

The Cherry Industry Administrative Board and Cherry Marketing Institute have named Amy Cohn as their new president. With a background in food and nutrition leadership, strategy and communications, ...

Fruit2U Packers, a stone fruit, table grape and citrus packer, recently installed solar panels so the packing house can keep the power on during South Africa’s frequent power outages, known as load ...