Category: Apples
Great Apple Rescue helps West Virginia apple growers
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Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention to include strawberry growers group
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, North American Strawberry Growers Association, State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, Maryland State Horticultural Society, New Jersey State Horticultural Society, Virginia State Horticultural Society, Penn State, University of Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Extension
Bill seeks protections for specialty crop exports
U.S. senators and representatives have introduced legislation designed to help farmers fight trade barriers to sell specialty crops in export markets.
Envy apples expecting big harvest for holiday season
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Apple holdings increase, varieties expand
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House committee investigation into EPA’s Chlorpyrifos decision continues
In the wake of a federal appeals court decision that ruled the Environmental Protection Agency erred in banning the pesticide chlorpyrifos, House Committee on Oversight of Accountability Chairman James Comer continues to investigate the decision.
Apples4Ed aids school healthy eating
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IFPA honors global tree fruit CEO in women’s award winner
International Fresh Produce Association IFPA Raina Nelson Frieda Rapoport Caplan Women’s Catalyst Award recognition honors Westfalia Fruit Marketing USA
Michigan Fruit Ridge growers share strategies
Apple production techniques were shared at three orchards in the Fruit Ridge area near Conklin, Michigan, during the Michigan Pomesters’ 12th annual Ridgefest.
BelleHarvest’s Michigan Fresh Brand expands beyond apples
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Stemilt showcases apples, pears at IFPA Show
Stemilt will feature unique and new varieties of apples and pears at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
Rice Fruit to showcase record Eastern apple crop at IFPA show
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Okanagan Specialty Fruits opens apple processing facility
British Columbia-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits has opened an apple processing facility on 42.5 acres in Moses Lake, Washington.
October proclaimed Michigan Apple Month
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Crunch Time and SnapDragon apples promote caramel treats
Crunch Time Apple Growers and its SnapDragon apple brand partners with Concord Foods and its Wrapples brand for a Halloween season campaign.
CMI Orchards launches new KIKU apples packaging
CMI Orchards plans to unveil a refreshed look for super sweet KIKU brand apples at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
USDA studies steam heat to target pests
Early in 2020, two colleagues in the Treatment and Inspection Methods Laboratory (TIML) of USDA’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program began researching vacuum steam as an alternative for methyl bromide treatment for fresh fruits.
Rice Fruit’s Lee Showalter plans retirement
Lee Showalter, a longtime apple industry advocate, fruit grower and Rice Fruit Company’s grower services manager for more than 13 years, plans to retire at the end of the year.
Kudos joins the ranks of apples from University of Minnesota
If you enjoy a Honeycrisp, Haralson, SweeTango or First Kiss apple at your local orchard or farm stand this fall, you can thank the University of Minnesota apple breeding program for putting it there.