It looks like fruit growers dodged major damage from a hard freeze Sunday night. A moderating breeze off Lake Michigan kept the temperature above the danger point in many...
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A farmer from Leelanau County will take a seat on a national board that oversees federal crop insurance, even as the tart cherry industry is trying to get federal insurance...
Fruit growers in Michigan will receive some help from the federal government this year in the form of low-interest loans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture made the...
Fruit growers whose orchards were devastated by unusual weather this spring will get very little relief.
Growers say this year’s weather is the most damaging in...
On his Asian tour this week, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder visited a Japanese partner for Graceland Fruit.
Graceland produces dried cherries and other fruit...
The Cherry Industry is predicting a large crop for tart cherries nationwide this year, more than 260 million pounds. More than 80 percent of the total crop is expected to...
Tax breaks could be approved this week for an Acme Township fruit processing plant. Shoreline Fruit is looking to add workers at its plant north of Traverse City...
Cherry growers in much of northern Michigan will be able to sell all their cherries on the open market this year, because the 2010 tart cherry crop was less than...
The tart cherry crop in northern Michigan this year will be a little bigger than half of an average crop, according to official estimates released last week.
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Northern Michigan's tart cherry crop is expected to be about half the size it is in an average year. That's mainly because trees budded early this spring and were exposed to frost and cold wind. An official estimate will be released next week but...
