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Northern Michigan winemakers excited about 2020 harvest
For more than a decade, Laurentide Winery’s team has been tending its vineyards high on the rocky slopes of French Road, their rows of varietal grapes tucked neatly between the long ribbon of Lake Leelanau and the expanse of nearby Lake Michigan. ... more
Suterra has new Puffer design to bring California growers for aerosol mating disruption
Suterra announced Oct. 14 the launch of a new Puffer design available in California for the 2021 growing season to reduce navel orangeworm, codling moth and oriental fruit moth damage. Borne out of Suterra’s commitment to continuous improvement t... more
Macfrut looks to the future
Macfrut looks to the future with optimism. In order to meet the expectations of its target audience, the international trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector is set to take place in May 2021 as a major face-to-face event, hoping that the COVID... more
Northern Michigan cherry grower pens children’s book on elections, bullying
Ben LaCross is a farmer, a leader in the agriculture industry, a small business owner, and now author. With that same passion, LaCross is educating children and teaching lessons surrounding the election process while also sharing the story of school ... more
Amvac to distribute Vintec fungicide in the US
Amvac, an American Vanguard Co., announced Oct. 13 that Vintec, a biological fungicide, is now registered in the U.S. by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is pending state regulatory approval. The product will be distributed by AMVAC, a... more
Nick Nadai succeeding Phil Pitts with Michigan Processing Apple Growers
Phil Pitts, sales desk manager for the Michigan Processing Apple Growers, also known as the Apple Division of the Michigan Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association (MACMA), plans to retire Jan. 21, 2021. Pitts is being succeeded by Nick Nadai... more
Climate change or not, NW Ohio, SE Michigan apple growers are hurting this fall
Call it climate change or yet another anomaly. But this fall’s apple crop is no bumper crop here in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, thanks to a late-spring freeze and late-summer drought. According to a story in the Toledo Blade, yields a... more
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