Fruits
Kapnick Orchards wins Michigan cider contest
Kapnick Orchards won the 21st annual Michigan Apple Cider Contest at the Great Lakes Fruit Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO in Grand Rapids Dec. 8. Cidermaker Scott Robertello owns... more »
Fresh apple holdings at 131.1 million bushels
U.S. Apple Association has released its second report on the 2017 apple crop. According to the survey, this year’s fresh apple holdings on Dec. 1, 2017, totaled 131.1million bushels, 9 percent more than the inventories... more »
Growers, researchers honored at Great Lakes EXPO banquet
Growers and researchers were honored for their contributions to the industry Wednesday, Dec. 8 at a formal banquet at the Great Lakes Fruit Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO in Grand Rapids. Allan Overhiser, a fifth-generation... more »
New York industry expects good apple supplies
As the New York region prepares for the New York Produce Show, the state’s apple shippers report they expect apple supplies for the year-end holidays to be good on all fronts – good remaining quantities,... more »
The Petaluma Gap is newest American Viticultural Area
The Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance (PGWA) applauded the final rulemaking by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), establishing the Petaluma Gap on California's North Coast as its newest designated American Viticultural Area... more »
Emily Kropf crowned 2018 Michigan Apple Queen
Emily Kropf of Lowell, Michigan, has been crowned the 2018 Michigan Apple Queen. Sarah Rasch of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is first runner-up. Contestants for Michigan Apple Queen must have a connection to the Michigan Apple... more »
RosBREED 2 halfway toward improved parent plants
Apple cultivars with ancient genetic resistance to the industry’s scourge of fire blight, and peaches with a consumer-friendly texture are just two of many targets that researchers with the RosBREED 2 program have in their... more »
Berryhill becomes chair of California winegrape group
The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) has elected new officers and members to its board of directors. CAWG is governed by 28 growers in seven districts who serve... more »
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