Monitoring the heartbeat of an apple is big business.
Jim Schaefer, president of Storage Control Systems (SCS) in Sparta, Michigan, said respiration rates are the latest technology in understanding t...
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A blueberry industry investment in medical research is paying big dividends in marketing this year.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) in 2013 invested in a study looking at the health benef...
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Old apples of the American West were a topic of discussion at a new university orchard this spring.
Growers recently gathered at the University of Idaho’s Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center (SOAC...
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Katrina Mendrey is the orchard program manager with Montana State University’s Western Agricultural Research Center. She recently answered some questions from Fruit Growers News about her work and i...
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In the agriculture world, we’re used to seeing all sorts of food processing innovative technology come to market. Earlier in the value chain, the farmers who grow the food you process are also r...
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Michigan apple growers are taking a second look at growing organic.
Michigan Apple Committee Executive Director Diane Smith said June 25 the group had funded a feasibility study examining the cost ...
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