Stone Fruit Grower Settles Free Speech Lawsuit By Growing Produce Staff|December 10, 2008 The California Tree Fruit Agreement (CTFA) is reportedly receiving up to $1.8 million in the wake of a […]Read More
Outbreak Update: How Restaurants Are Reassuring Customers About Lettuce By Carol Miller|August 2, 2026
Blueberry Boost Accelerator Continues to Grow New Innovators in Food By U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council|August 1, 2026
Agriculture Labor Reform Now: A Long Overdue Lifeline for the Potato Industry By Mike Wenkel, National Potato Council|July 31, 2026
Liquid Clay Product Shows up Big in Romaine Lettuce Field Trials Posted by Growing Produce Staff|July 31, 2026
Using Hogs To Control Plum Curculio By Growing Produce Staff|October 1, 2008 Casting pearls before swine may be a waste of time, but drop some apples in front of them […]
Giving Ag Students A Fruitful Education By Desmond R. Layne|September 1, 2008 By the time you receive this next column, I will already have begun meeting twice a week to […]
Opinion: Balance of Power Might Shift To Ag By Brian Sparks|September 1, 2008 Just a few months ago, I wrote in this column that I couldn’t stand the primary season of […]
Cherry Fruit Fly Found In Shipments By Growing Produce Staff|July 16, 2008 Citing a “significant problem” with the discovery of cherry fruit flies in an unnamed Washington fruit company’s shipments, […]
Fueling The Local Food Wave In Peaches By Desmond R. Layne|July 1, 2008 In my last column (May 2008), we discussed the local food movement and the growing consumer interest in […]
Waking Up Regina By Katie O'Keeffe-Swank|July 1, 2008 Sporting a shiny, dark-red exterior, long stems, and a firm crunch, the German-born variety “Regina” (pronounced with a […]
Surfing On The Local Food Wave By Desmond R. Layne|May 1, 2008 Did you see the March 12, 2007 issue of Time magazine? The cover had a beautiful red apple […]
Using Nematodes For Peach Pest Control By Sharon Durham|May 1, 2008 Peaches are a significant part of the South’s fresh produce industry. But since several insect pests pose serious […]
Growing High-Quality Cherries By Win Cowgill|April 1, 2008 One of the highlights of this year’s International Fruit Tree Association Annual Conference, held in Visalia, CA, in […]
Peach Replant Site Considerations By Desmond R. Layne|March 1, 2008 Most growers would concede that a high-value fruit crop such as peach requires the best land you’ve got […]
Targeting Fruit Size With A Weather Model By David Eddy|February 1, 2008 The problem with Ted DeJong’s weather model to predict stone fruit size is that, at least at […]
A Plum That Stands Up to Pox By Rosalie Marion Bliss|February 1, 2008 Plum pox virus (PPV) has already destroyed well over 100 million stone fruit trees throughout Europe. In 1999, […]
Promising New Rootstocks For Almonds And Stone Fruit By David Eddy|January 1, 2008 You can hear the excitement in John Ireland’s voice when he starts talking about Krymsk® rootstocks, which […]
More Potassium For Better Stone Fruit And Almond Crops By David Eddy|September 1, 2007 Most growers know that fall is the best time to apply certain nutrients to nut and stone fruit […]
UFO Production System For Cherries By David Eddy|September 1, 2007 The UFO system is an appropriate name for the cherry training system Matt Whiting and his team at […]
Reflections On The Easter Freeze Of 2007 By Desmond R. Layne|July 1, 2007 Following a very warm March, a devastating late freeze occurred during the Easter weekend (April 7-8) over much […]
Ten Tips For Controlling Fruit Rot Posted by Christina Herrick|June 1, 2007 Unusually high rainfall and long cold bloom periods can create ideal conditions for decay fungi in stone fruit. […]
