Fruits
Northern Virginia’s first cidery to open in Alexandria, source local apples
Virginia’s Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, the Honorable Bettina K. Ring, announced May 12 that Lost Boy Cider, a soon-to-open Alexandria business, will receive an Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) program grant. The announcement,... more »
Michigan blueberry operation among MDARD grant awardees
During its regularly scheduled meeting May 15, the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) voted to approve Food and Agriculture Investment Fund grants for five food and agriculture projects in Michigan. The projects... more »
Apples not included in latest Chinese tariffs
U.S. apple growers may breathe a little more freely than those that farm other export crops. Apples are not included in China’s latest round of tariffs, the Washington Apple Commission’s Todd Fryhover told Seattle-based TV... more »
Cranberry Man: Rutgers’ Nicholi Vorsa breeds better berries
Nicholi Vorsa’s work breeding cranberries has followed the demands of the industry through the decades. Consumer uses have evolved from Thanksgiving dinner sauce to juice, and now sweetened-and-dried Craisins. Growers’ needs have also changed, from... more »
New Michigan Apple chair, Mark Youngquist, positive on future
A fifth-generation apple man with optimism for the future will lead Michigan growers. The Michigan Apple Committee Board of Directors this spring elected Mark Youngquist as its chairman. The grower-funded, nonprofit committee promotes marketing, education... more »
‘Future Orchard Production System’ drives orchard outlook
With heightened attention being given to labor-saving robotic harvesters and other innovative tools for tree fruit growers, a continued concentration is being given to the development of orchard planting systems that will be able to... more »
Diving into the ‘first commercial robotic apple harvest’
Robots are in an orchard. This is not a drill. Machines took in the harvest at T&G Global orchards in Hawkes Bay, a large apple production area in New Zealand where the picking season runs... more »
Colorado peach growers tout elevation-enhanced sunlight
Talbott’s Mountain Gold Farm is located in Palisade, Colorado, which is west of Denver and just slightly east of Grand Junction. The operation’s packing/processing facilities and retail market are located on Palisade’s fruit and wine... more »
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