Companies help farmers
Mollie Hollibough has set up a new company to help growers recruit H-2A workers. Photo by Nanette Lee.
Thinking outside the box
“I’m looking for someone who wants to buy some unique and irreplaceable equipment to carry on the business.” Dave Johnson’s
Good to Know: Growing Quality Montmorency Cherries
Weather conditions in 2006 were not kind to Montmorency cherries in some areas of Michigan’s Great Lakes region. The two
What the H-2A program requires
An employer applying for temporary foreign guest workers must meet a number of conditions: Recruitment: The employer must try to
Quick Bites
California commissions combineThe California Apple Commission has announced a joint management venture with the California Kiwifruit Commission in October. The
Rainier cherry is Fogle’s legacy
Dr. Harold W. Fogle, inventor of the Rainier cherry, died last October in Takoma Park, Maryland, aged 88. Fogle grew
Washington State grower pioneered nectarines in Yakima Valley
Second-generation orchardist Ray “Bud” Redman, Jr., who was one of the first to grow nectarines in Washington State’s Yakima Valley,
Pear conditioning must be consistent
Pears in clamshells at retail About 40 percent of d’Anjou pears from the Pacific Northwest are conditioned before they reach
Diversify against adversity
Tom Hattrup grows six pear varieties and focuses on the fresh market. Photo by Madeleine Warner Harvest is a whirl
New AVA boasts fine wine, not snakes
An inside view of grapes grown on the Lyre trellis system at the Outlook Vineyard. Yields can be increased with