Meet the Cyclone, a system of vacuum tubes that takes apples from human pickers, gently filling bins as it propels itself through the orchard.
The Cyclone is the fruit, so to speak, of a partnershi...
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One out of every two Michigan apples will be marketed and sold by a single company, after Riveridge Produce Marketing’s purchase of Jack Brown Produce’s brand and fresh-pack sales operation.
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The Mid-Atlantic and Midwest are better known for apple production than wine, but it is winegrape growers who perhaps have the most to lose from the latest pest threatening that region.
Spotted lan...
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Green fruit drop in blueberries, also called Draper drop, isn’t only an issue with the blueberry variety Draper.
“Green fruit drop is a genetic trait. It’s going to show up in other varie...
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Researchers in Washington state and Michigan are releasing sterile codling moths by drone as a new technique for keeping “worms” out of apples.
Sterile insect releases have for some time been u...
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A processing apple sales manager credited with returning more than $2.5 million to growers in a single season is the Michigan Pomesters’ 2019 “Fruit Man of the Year.”
Phil Pitts is a sale...
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