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Van Doren Sales, Compac open Michigan facility
Fruit packing equipment company Van Doren Sales and its partner Compac Tomra have a heavy concentration in the Pacific Northwest, but they recently op... READ MORE »
Michigan Ridge growers visit southwest neighbors
The Michigan Pomesters took their annual RidgeFest tour on the road Aug. 1, traveling from Sparta to southwest Michigan to learn about differences in ... READ MORE »
Sparta’s Elite Apple doubles packing capacity; will sell through alliance
Sales consolidation continues in the Michigan apple industry, as Michigan Fresh Marketing and BelleHarvest’s newly-formed joint sales alliance adds ... READ MORE »
Michigan Fresh Marketing, BelleHarvest merge sales
Two Michigan apple markers are merging their sales operations. BelleHarvest of Belding, and Michigan Fresh Marketing in Grand Rapids announced in e... READ 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 ... READ MORE »
Michigan ag commission elects leader, awards grants to fruit businesses
During its regularly scheduled meeting March 27, the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development elected new officers and voted to approv... READ MORE »
February 2019
Apple harvests ripe for automatic help Farm bill benefits specialty crop growers Riveridge selling half of Michigan’s fresh apples Drones, ... READ MORE »
Applewood Fresh Growers launched in Sparta, Michigan
Third-generation Michigan apple grower Scott Swindeman is launching a new venture with Applewood Fresh Growers, a grower, packer, shipper and marketer... READ MORE »
RidgeFest 2018 shows off new orchard plantings, varieties and cider
About 100 fruit growers and others in the produce industry attended RidgeFest 2018, a tour of orchards near Sparta, Michigan sponsored by the Michigan... READ MORE »
Fire strikes new cider producing facility in Michigan
Much of a new cider producing facility in Newaygo County, Michigan has been destroyed after an overnight fire July 4. Crews were dispatched to Gran... READ MORE »
