Industry veteran arrives at Pear Bureau Northwest with experience from stints at TableSpark, Naturipe Farms, and Dole.

Myriad solutions being tried by growers of the popular apple variety to prevent bitter pit.

Aiming to help alleviate labor issues in the orchard, Washington State University researchers introduce newly developed robotic gripper.

On the upside, growers just posted their best production season ever. At the same time, the threat of oversupply is alarming, as are rising costs.

USDA-NASS releases its latest non-citrus fruits production report. Utilized apple production in Oregon and Washington up 25% from 2022.

Increasing number of extreme weather events means growers must be ready.

Learn more about a contest being held to help give Washington State University’s newest apple variety ‘WA 64’ a new name.

Where are the robots? Mechanization matters for pome fruit growers are still daunting — and expensive.

Check out several selections, including apples, almond, raspberry, and more from leading nursery operation and fruit breeders.

USApple President Jim Bair says, “We need a stable, adequate, and predictable workforce for apple growers.” 

But what’s the ideal temperature to kill the tree fruit pest without hurting the tree?

Multistate scientific project supported by a $5.7 million grant from USDA NIFA.

Research suggests autonomous, intelligent system is capable of warming fruit tree canopies.

Check out a few crab apple selections from a leading nursery and fruit breeder.

Led by Washington state, nation’s November storage numbers the highest since 2014; ‘Honeycrisp’ finishes No. 1, ahead of ‘Gala’.

Purdue University blends agriculture and bioengineering to develop patented phenotyping tool.

Suppliers point enquiring producers in the direction of crop input expertise.

Check out several apple and berry selections from leading nurseries and fruit breeders.

Get an update on CRISPR along with what plant traits were altered for improvement, and what types of entities are currently developing.