Apples
Poor Weather Has Cut Size of Most U.S. Fruit Crops
By Dick Lehnert Managing EditorCrummy spring weather coast to coast has reduced the production for most fruit crops. The word “record” was used only once – for blueberries – during the 53rd annual Fruit Crop... more »
Georgia Blueberries: Outlook Optimistic for June’s Crop
After last year's lowly, weather-affected harvest, conditions are right for an excellent crop of the small round fruit ? and for peaches and apples come summer and fall. ajc.com more »
Congress passes aid to upstate dairy and specialty crop farmers
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to override a veto by President Bush and pass a sweeping $300 billion farm bill that will expand aid to upstate New York's dairy farmers and offer help for the... more »
‘Buy Local’ Is More Than Just a Marketing Gimmick
If you’re older than 50, you probably remember when “buy local” might have been a slogan you used if you were involved in a boycott of bananas, oranges and iceberg lettuce. Not that many years... more »
Farm Market Wins with Its Authentic Feel
Weston Red Barn Farm puts an emphasis on authenticity. The farm has an old-fashioned feel to it, and that’s no accident. Brick and lumber are used instead of concrete, and power lines are buried underground.... more »
Apple Moth Quarantine Around Sonoma
A 15-square-mile quarantine was established Monday in Sonoma County in the ever-widening - and increasingly controversial - war against the pest known as the light brown apple moth. SFGate more »
Michigan apple growers continue marketing program
Michigan apple growers continue marketing programMichigan apple producers voted to continue the Michigan Apple Advertising and Promotion Program. Don Koivisto, director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA), which conducted the referendum in March and... more »
Orchard Controls Surrounding Space
According to his son, Art Jacobson came up with a brilliant way to check the urban development that was encroaching on his orchard: He bought the surrounding land and developed it himself. As Bill Jacobson... more »
Mechanical Thinning Brings Larger Peaches with Less Labor
Spring was slow to arrive in Adams County, Pa., this year, but eight growers had already lined up with Penn State Extension to use machines to thin their peaches when blossoms arrived several weeks later.... more »
Let’s Mechanize Our Way to a Better Future
The inscription on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty expresses well the ideals and, for some of us, the facts behind our citizenship in this country. They are the last words from the poem... more »
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