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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Lakso carbohydrate model
Phil Schwallier, an Extension educator with Michigan State University, explained the Lakso carbohydrate model to a group of apple growers in Sparta, Mich., in August. Alan Lakso at Cornell University developed the model.
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2011 NASGA summer bus tour
Photo by Kimberly Warren
Bill McCaffrey, left, and Nate Nourse discuss McCaffrey's strawberry plantings during the 2011 NASGA bus tour. The tour stopped at McCaffrey's Spring Rain Farms in East Taunton, Mass., to see his strawberry and cranberry operation.