Marketing
Cherry Industry Administrative Board Sets Preliminary Free, Restricted Percentages
The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB), the national marketing order for red tart cherries, recommended that the free percentage, net of the Market Growth Factor and accounting for appropriate economic adjustments, be set at 67... more »
Some Areas See Crops Reduced by Weather
On the first day of summer, the Michigan Frozen Fruit Packers Association pulled together its members to evaluate the outlook for production of fruit crops, in Michigan and the nation.About 150 people attended the 51st... more »
Market Growth Factor is 17 Million Pounds
The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB), the national marketing order for red tart cherries, convened in Ludington, Mich., Sept. 9 to calculate and recommend the final free and restricted percentages for the current crop year,... more »
Commerce Sees Need for Chinese Concentrate Antidumping Order
The U.S. Department of Commerce said in early September that Chinese apple juice concentrate exporters are expected to sell product at unfair prices in the United States if the current apple juice concentrate antidumping order... more »
National Apple Crop Estimate Down 10 Percent from 2004
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) released its 2005 production forecast during the Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference Aug. 18-19 in Chicago.Total apple production in the United States this year is estimated at 223.45 million... more »
Michigan Processed Apple Prices Released
The Michigan Processing Apple Growers Marketing Committee has negotiated the following minimum prices for Michigan processing apples for the 2005 apple crop:Jonathan 2-1/2 inches and up $10.25/cwt. Spy and Ida Red 2-1/2 inches and up... more »
CIAB Sets Free, Restricted Percentages for Tart Cherries
The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB) recommended June 23 that the free percentage for tart cherries be set at 71 and the restricted percentage be set at 29. The CIAB, which administers the national marketing... more »
Mexico Temporarily Suspends Apple Tariffs
Mexico's Ministry of Economy has eliminated Mexico's anti-dumping duty on Red and Golden Delicious apples from the Pacific Northwest, but only temporarily. The ministry will conduct a new anti-dumping investigation, the result of which could... more »
Sweet Cherry Variety Showcase to be July 7 in Michigan
International Plant Management and Michigan State University Extension have combined to sponsor a Sweet Cherry Variety Showcase at Clarksville Horticultural Experiment Station July 7.The showcase will feature a new high tunnel covering a block of... more »
New York Growers Renew Marketing Order
New York state apple growers have decided: They want to stick together.Growers voted 168 to 69 to renew the New York State Apple Marketing Order (AMO), said Steve Greenberg, AMO administrator. The results were announced... more »
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