This year, the Washington Apple Education Foundation gave a record $1.3 million in scholarships to 320 students whose parents work in the tree fruit industry. The organization held its annual […] ...

Cherry growers have a new resource at Washington State University, with Antonia Sánchez-Labbé joining as a horticulture ...

—A Honeycrisp apple block, designed and planted at Washington State University’s Sunrise Research Orchard in 2023 to compare the impact of different soil treatments, has begun to answer the question ...

The blueberry industry continues to mechanically harvest more fruit for the fresh market with Oxbo and FineField emerging as ...

The Northwest cherry industry released its first crop estimate of the year, calling for a harvest between 19.5 and 21.5 million 20-pound box equivalents. As always, that best guess is subject to ...

The high-risk wildfire season experts predicted due to drought conditions across the Northwest has already arrived: In the ...

Cherry growers in Okanogan County, Washington’s northernmost growing region, should be in the peak of harvest. Instead, many orchards are fruitless following freeze damage in April. The stone fruit ...

Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension will hold a hands-on workshop covering codling moth management at the WSU ...

Immigration enforcement is increasing in the U.S. Even minor mistakes on I-9 forms can cost farm employers thousands of ...

California canning peach growers are using federal help to remove about 50,000 tons of fruit after Del Monte announced the ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to report the correct 10-year length of the original exclusivity window that has now been extended for five more years Washington growers will be the only ...

Tart cherry growers and processors voted to continue their marketing order program, the Cherry Industry Administrative Board, ...