Apples
Honeycrisp prices up; total apple dollars down
Retail prices for the consumer favorite Honeycrisp apple rose in October 2015, yet the total dollars apples contributed to the produce department fell by half a percent when comparing the same four weeks from 2014,... more »
Pruning mature trees in a semi-dwarf apple orchard
Apples are a long-lived perennial crop, thus most fruit farms have several blocks of trees that vary in age and size. Many orchard enterprises have adopted intensive (≥ 518 trees per acre) orchard systems over... more »
USApple to review new produce safety rule
FDA has just posted a pre-publication version of the 801-page final produce food safety rule that will apply to growers: "Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption." The rule will... more »
U.S. apples pour into Mexico as dumping dispute plays out
From the Yakima Herald: From his desk on the sales floor, Victor Ratia has no trouble selling apples to Mexico. International politics, dumping allegations and a long-postponed decision about whether Washington’s largest export market will... more »
CiderCon to gather nation’s cider experts
Members of the United States Association of Cider Makers (USACM) will convene in Portland, Oregon, Feb. 2-5 for CiderCON 2016, the annual meeting and conference for the nation's cider industry. Conference sessions will focus on... more »
November apple holdings down from 2014
The U.S. Apple Association has released its first storage report on the 2015 U.S. apple crop. According to the report, Nov. 1 fresh-market apple holdings of 117.3 million bushels were 19 percent lower than November 2014 holdings of 145.6 million bushels,... more »
Hard cider: Big block could place orchard ahead of the curve
Ridgeview Orchards decided to take the plunge and plant 20 acres of hard cider apples. Dan Dietrich, who runs the Conklin, Michigan, orchard with his father, uncle and cousin, planted the block this spring. Despite... more »
Hard cider: Unknowns abound but there’s potential for profit
The hard cider industry has sustained 75 percent annual growth for more than five years in a row. That pace might slow a little bit in the next few years, but hard cider will still... more »
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