Kate PrengamanMaking optimum storage decisions for a warehouse full of apples or pears involves taking lots of samples to ...

Research has long established that UV light kills microbes. It’s now a matter of figuring out how to incorporate it ...

Controlled atmosphere storage refers to a suite of practices regulating levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature and ...

David Rudell, a research plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Wenatchee, gave the crowd a few best ...

In October 2022, Crist Bros Orchards received a letter in the mail from the New York Public Employment Relations Board. The letter stated that Crist Bros employees had voted to unionize, and that the ...

Low juice grape prices went even lower. After cash prices for many Washington Concord grapes plummeted in 2023, they dropped further for the 2024 harvest, said Trent Ball of Yakima Valley College.

The Cherry Industry Administrative Board and Cherry Marketing Institute have named Amy Cohn as their new president. With a background in food and nutrition leadership, strategy and communications, ...

Fruit2U Packers, a stone fruit, table grape and citrus packer, recently installed solar panels so the packing house can keep the power on during South Africa’s frequent power outages, known as load ...

The downside to adopting the single-pass application is that it changes the harvest logistics to get the bins through the drencher before they are stacked to await loading, Matson said. Once harvest ...