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Bouts with different blueberry diseases

Fresh Updates

Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers acreage reporting deadline extended.

April 9, 2026

USDA organic materials comment period now open

April 7, 2026

Central Washington growers urged to monitor and test for blueberry scorch virus

March 12, 2026

Recent Print Articles

Chelsea Durfey Campbell discusses how her family’s Sunnyside orchard has connected irrigation, soil moisture and microclimate sensors to a Washington State University AgWeatherNet dashboard through LoRaWAN in December at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting in Wenatchee. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Democratizing technology for farms large and small

Grape growers facing a season without buyers for their fruit can cut back on irrigation and pruning to keep vines viable without cropping them. In this idled Mercer Ranches Syrah block near Alderdale, Washington, shown in February, viticulture director Richard Hoff (at right) intentionally lowered the blades of the prepruning machine, almost to the cordon, and will not bother sending a crew to hand prune afterward, as he normally would. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Hitting pause on a vineyard

Alberto Acevedo, a young grower from Royal City, Washington

Exclusive Online Stories

A MyLand algae treatment tank fertigates a Honeycrisp block in May 2025 at a Washington Orchard Management farm near Royal City, Washington. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Elevating soil algae

A sample of roots excavated from an almond tree, laid out on a scanner to allow University of California, Davis, researchers to measure the total surface area of fine roots — the finest of which do the critical uptake of water and nutrients during their short lifespan. Because they are fine, ephemeral and difficult to study, much about root dynamics remains unknown, physiologist Astrid Volder told the International Fruit Tree Association in February. (Courtesy Astrid Volder/University of California, Davis).

Rethinking your roots

Trunk diseases spread slowly, eventually stopping the grapevine from growing and giving the growers their first clue of a problem, years after infection. (Courtesy José Ramón Úrbez-Torres/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Take action on trunk diseases

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Good Fruit Grower Flashbacks

1974: Soil fumigation helps replants in old apple orchards

1985: Report on Dutch tree fruit highlights Dwarf meeting

1959: Northwest Dwarf Tree Association Proposed

2000: Devastating virus found in Pennsylvania orchards

2003: This isn’t 1969, and it isn’t your dad’s codling moth

2000: Pear psylla: the real Y2K bug

1996: Beneficial insects now can be sprayed on trees

1963: Insect Resistance To Certain Insecticides

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Recent stories with video

Greg Lang, professor emeritus of Michigan State University, discusses the changing horticultural strategies of tree fruit during his Batjer Address at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s annual meeting in December in Wenatchee, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

New day for old idea in cherry crop load management — Video

February 4, 2026

Adam Zediker of Columbia Farm Services speaks about the importance of training people well and making careful decisions about overtime during the Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting in December at the Wenatchee Convention Center in Wenatchee, Washington. He’s joined on the panel by Gilbert Plath of Washington Fruit Growers, left, and Jose Ramirez of KS Orchard and El Paraiso Orchard, right. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Survival strategies for apple growers — Video

January 21, 2026

Crews harvest Bartlett processing pears in August at Sundquist Fruit and Cold Storage near Selah, Washington. The closure of Del Monte’s Yakima processing facility in 2025, and its subsequent bankruptcy filing, left a glut of pears that rippled through the entire market, canned and fresh. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest pears facing large crop and small market — Video

January 5, 2026

Meet Our Young Growers

Alberto Acevedo, a young grower from Royal City, Washington

From our April 15th 2026 Issue

Ted Vollo, a young grower from Summerland, British Columbia

From our April 1st 2026 Issue

Tom Coene, a young grower from Ontario, New York

From our March 15th 2026 Issue

Josie and Kenny Knight, young growers from Naches, Washington

From our March 1st 2026 Issue

Chelcie Martin, a young grower from Stow, Massachusetts

From our February 15th 2026 Issue

Marcelle-Marie Hanekom, a young grower from Porterville, South Africa

From our February 1st 2026 Issue

Eric McNerney, a young grower from Hood River, Oregon

From our January 15th 2026 Issue

Josh Bailey, a young grower from Williamson, New York

From our January 1st 2026 Issue

Alondra Mendez-Guerrero, a young grower from Wenatchee, Washington

From our December 2025 Issue

Parker Fannin, a young grower from Yakima, Washington

From our November 2025 Issue

Jennie Strong, a young grower from Barrington, Illinois

From our October 2025 Issue

Torey Schmidt, a young grower from Parkdale, Oregon

From our September 2025 Issue