Mexican growers object to cheap imports
As long as U.S. growers export apples to Mexico at below production costs, Mexican apple growers will continue to put
State marketing order approved
California’s peach and nectarine growers have resoundingly approved passage of a new state marketing order that they hope will be
Mexican grower hopes to export cherries
Rommel Corral’s Gala planting was hit by hail five times in the second leaf, before he installed the
What to do with runted trees?
What do you do with a block of young Gala trees that have stopped growing before their canopies have filled
Vermicomposting
Workers load vermicompost onto a truckbed at La Norteñita orchards. La Norteñita has developed a
Going all out
The late Bert Stevens, Mr. August, in a one-man, cherry pit spitting contest. When
Apple growers shift to peaches
Casas Grandes grower Dana Johnson explains his cousin Lester’s peach growing systems. As the climate has
Tree fruit industry rebounding
Orchards contrast with desert in the Casas Grandes area of Chihuahua. Mexico’s apple and peach industry
Challenges in Chihuahua
White hail netting protects trees at the Federico Hagelsieb orchard in Guerrero. Fruit on trees under white net
Good Point
Growers of apples and other tree fruits, and those who market and promote the harvest of our industry’s