- Fire Blight Epidemic
Strikes SW Michigan- The fire blight epidemic in Berrien County is as severe as I have ever seen.
Michigan Organic Apple Study
Team will Test Growing Theories
- Michigan’s first ever extensive, organic research project with apples has begun at the Clarksville Horticultural Research Station.
EPA Takes Bite Out of Lorsban Use
Apple and grape growers who use Lorsban after bloom to control insects are looking for other alternatives after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) slashed uses of its active ingredient, chlorpyrifos.
Pressing For Success: Cider Guild Sets the Bar High for its Members
- When a little Colorado girl died in late 1996 from drinking contaminated fresh apple cider, shock waves spread throughout the juice making industry.
CIAB Restricts 47%
of the Tart Cherry Crop
- The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB), the national marketing order for red tart cherries, held its annual Marketing Policy meeting June 22 in Kalamazoo, Mich
CMI’s Phil Korson is Named
‘Cherry Man of the Year’
- More than 15 growers and cherry industry representatives took time to write letters of support for Phil Korson, who will be honored as Cherry Man of the Year at this year’s Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Mich.
Michigan Reduces Deer Baiting Amount Over Fear of TB Spread
- Michigan vegetable and fruit growers’ worst fear of a total ban on deer baiting wasn’t realized, although the amount hunters can used was reduced. It was banned in counties where at least one deer has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB).
Estimators Foresee Lower Tart Cherry, Higher Apple Crop for U.S.
- The long-term tart cherry supply and demand situation could improve again this season, if figures presented at the Michigan Frozen Food Packers Association’s Annual Fruit Crop Guesstimate come to pass.
These New Hampshire Strawberries are No Bleacher Bums
- Research underway at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) would allow northern growers to harvest ripe strawberries early in May, nearly five weeks ahead of field grown fruit.
- The fire blight epidemic in Berrien County is as severe as I have ever seen.
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