The standard advice for surviving the apple industry’s present downturn is to use block-level accounting to understand which ...

Welch’s growers reported decent prices this year, “in the $400 range” for grapes, said Carter Kilian, a Sunnyside grower.

Sweet and hard cider are other good outlets for excess apple production, but U-pick is “by far the most profitable way to ...

Michigan’s fruit and vegetable industries can’t sustain H-2A wage increases for much longer, so they banded together to get the word out and convince their lawmakers to do something about it. The ...

After four years of work, a multistate research team is still tackling armillaria root rot “from every possible angle,” said Clemson University peach breeder Ksenija Gasic. They’ve located genes ...

Northwest Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula, long known for its cherry orchards, has grown into a tourism and wine destination in the past few decades, and many of its cherry trees have been pulled out ...

The three keys to fruit production today are to grow the right varieties in the right places as efficiently as possible. That’s what Bruce Allen told Good Fruit Grower when he was recognized as the ...

While the new year represents a fresh start to many, for the apple industry it’s a continuation of the crop year set in motion at harvest. So, during a webinar on Dec. 19, it’s fitting that Chris ...

Flooding apple orchards with sterile codling moths can overwhelm the local population and reduce mating success, lowering fruit damage rates. The practice provides the foundation for pest control in ...

As the processing sweet cherry market continues to lose its luster, two Northwest Michigan growers shared their experiences planting new fresh-market sweet cherries at modern densities — and how they ...