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April 15th 2024 Issue – Good Fruit Grower
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December 2024 Issue – Good Fruit Grower
The December 2024 issue of Good Fruit Grower features the latest insights and trends in the tree fruit and grape growing industry.
Taking fungicide application from a drench to a drizzle
3 days ago · Several years ago, grower Jason Matson started to wonder if the decay problems Matson Fruit was dealing with could be caused by cross-contamination from the recirculating fungicide drencher at his warehouse. “The first ones (bins) through are great,” he said. But over 600 bins, the recycled ...
Cherry growers and consumers continue reaching for Rainier
Jan 14, 2025 · Ormiston runs an on-site packing operation for his Rainiers. Fruit heads to coolers immediately after harvest, before packing. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower) Employees of the Prosser School District staff Ormiston’s Rainier packing operation for a few weeks each summer. Hand packing the fragile fruit delivers better quality to his sales desk and helps him control costs, Ormiston said ...
Fresh Updates – Good Fruit Grower
4 days ago · Despite lawsuit, most tree fruit growers subject to new Farmworker Protection Rule. September 10th, 2024 | 0 Comments. While a judge’s order prompted a pause to the enforcement of new federal farmworker protection regulations for some states last month, growers in tree fruit states including Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania must start complying with changes ...
Crops – Good Fruit Grower
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Good Stuff, June 2024 – Good Fruit Grower
Jan 14, 2025 · Qualterra names new sales executiveQualterra recently announced Cameron Fox has joined the company as a sales executive, according to a news release. Fox’s journey in the agricultural industry includes work as a wine grape grower and expert in rare varieties. He previously was growing operations manager at Skagit
Marketing, technology, disease and a new Cherry King mark …
Jan 10, 2025 · 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 spot after several tough years. “Because you guys grew great cherries, it was a pretty good season ...
Longtime growers share a moment of reckoning on the road to …
Jan 17, 2025 · Consensus 2: Regulation-driven labor cost increases now threaten the viability of apples, pears and cherries. “I don’t know how much more we can endure and keep this state relevant,” said Mark Zirkle, CEO of Zirkle Fruit Co. of Selah, Washington, who was recognized as Grower of the Year in 2016, along with his father, Bill.See “