Cherries
Cherry Industry Administrative Board seeks nominees
The tart cherry federal marketing order, the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB), is looking for growers and handlers to fill five open board member positions. The CIAB wants industry people and their alternates to be... more »
AgroFresh introduces new product for U.S. apple, blueberry, cherry and pear growers
AgroFresh Solutions, a post-harvest produce technology company, has launched Harvista Mix, a new product for apple, blueberry, cherry and pear growers in the U.S. The latest addition to the Harvista 1.3 SC line offers growers... more »
RipeLocker celebrates cherry preservation breakthroughs
RipeLocker, a perishable storage technology, achieved cherry storage milestones this season in collaboration with Gebbers Farms and Chelan Fresh. The company successfully extended the storage and quality of cherries for the 2024 season, delivering cherries... more »
Dole prepares for new organic fruit demand from Gen Y & Z
Dole Food Co. is working to attract younger generations to the organic produce segment. Dole , one of the first global fruit and vegetable providers to predict the first organic food craze in 2000, is... more »
Approaching burn ban affects California growers
At 4 a.m. in Lodi, Alex Noriega, foreman for the agricultural service provider Fowler Brothers, climbed onto an excavator to rip apart discarded grapevines and drop them into a cement-lined steel box called an air... more »
USApple elects Brett Baker as new board chair
New York apple marketer and shipper Brett Baker is the new USApple board chair. The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) named Baker, president of United Apple Sales LLC , as chair for the 2024-25 term. Baker... more »
MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics names new director
Jan Byrne has been promoted to lead Michigan State University’s (MSU) Plant & Pest Diagnostics department. She succeeds Ray Hammerschmidt, who plans to retire. Byrne, who holds a doctoral degree, has worked at MSU as... more »
Wisconsin Cherry Board election results released
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has certified the 2024 Wisconsin Cherry Board election results. These cherry growers began their terms on the board on July 1: Barry Peterson of Green... more »