Appreciating the Growing Evolution of the Agriculture Industry

Study tour finds California peach, plum, and cherry growers farming “fruiting walls” – with delicious results.

You can learn a lot by listening to this great country’s progressive growers, and you’ll find them at International Fruit Tree Association events.

American Fruit Grower Editor David Eddy says the tree fruit business can be brutal. Connecting with someone who has been there helps.

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

American Fruit Grower Senior Editor Thomas Skernivitz explains why the industry association’s annual meeting is one of his favorites.

Cheers to rave reviews for the first-ever virtual meeting of the International Fruit Tree Association.

Among his many accomplishments, another nod goes to Phil Schwallier who was somehow able to sum up his 40-plus-year career in just 4 minutes over Zoom.

American Fruit Grower Senior Editor Tom Skernivitz says a year defined by a pandemic puts all accomplishments into perspective.

Wild weather and the fight over fungicides among hot topics during International Fruit Tree Association Summer Tour in Canada.

Attendees get an up-close look at two hallmarks of British Colombia fruit production — ‘Ambrosia’ and tight super spindle plantings.

IFTA summer tour-goers learn why Coral Beach Farms goes higher and higher in elevation to push production into the second week of September.

Fruit breeding a hot topic as the International Fruit Tree Association makes first stop at Summerland Research Station in British Columbia.

Both American Fruit Grower® and Western Fruit Grower® magazines’ Apple Grower of the YearSM  Rod Farrow, and the man from whom […]

International Fruit Tree Association’s annual summer tour draws nearly 250 attendees.

Deadline for proposals is July 31.

Sure, you can see and talk with virtually anyone in the world through your smart phone, but you can’t shake their hand.

Hot temperatures, lack of precipitation, mechanization, and high density production systems were among the highlights of the International Fruit Tree Association’s annual study tour.

Post-conference tour takes growers to Traverse City to see tart cherry and apple plantings.

American Fruit Grower magazine managing editor Christina Herrick posts her updates from the 59th annual gathering.