Apples
Specialty Crops Get Short Shrift When It Comes To Weed Control
If herbicides were a meal, the major commodity crops – corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, cotton – would be enjoying a gourmet feast, while fruits, vegetables, nuts and ornamentals would be lucky to get the scraps... more »
Can’t Fool Mother Nature? Yes, We Have To
It’ll be 35 years next spring since I made my biggest haul ever collecting morel mushrooms. I remember because my oldest son, who just turned 35, was about nine months old and I was carrying... more »
Deer feeding ban hits apple, carrot growers
Michigan's ban on feeding and baiting wild white-tailed deer came at a bad time for apple and carrot growers, as well as for those who grow corn and sugar beets specifically for deer feed. The... more »
Winds Damage, Destroy Portion of Local Fruit Crops
The fat yellow apples are scattered underneath a grove of 500 Mutsu trees at Rittman Orchards Farm Market. Ohio.com more »
Apple a Day Won’t Keep Harvest Woes at Bay this Year
Michigan apple growers are bracing for a disappointing year as they begin their harvest of this year's crop. Lansing State Journal more »
Niche Apple Varieties Belong in Farmers’ Roadside Markets
Growers who sell apples directly to customers through their own retail efforts need a strategy different from those who grow apples for wholesale distribution. They need to identify quality “second-tier” apples, grow small volumes of... more »
Michigan Announces Prices for Processing Apples
The Michigan Processing Apple Growers Marketing Committee announced last Friday it had negotiated minimum processing prices with several Michigan processors for the 2008 crop. Manager Dawn Drake said nine processors agreed to the following minimum... more »
Industry: USDA High in its Apple Crop Estimate
More than 250 growers and marketers gathered in Chicago Aug. 21 and 22 to assess the size and condition of the country's apple crop and to evaluate the economic conditions that would impact its sale.The... more »
USDA Estimates Fruit Crop Size; Apples Up from 2007
USDA Estimates Fruit Crop Size; Apples Up from 2007The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service released its Aug. 1 estimate of U.S. crop production Aug. 12, which included estimates for the size of the national apple,... more »
Severn Named Interim President of the Washington Apple Commission
The Washington Apple Commission has named Ken Severn as its interim president to replace Dave Carlson.Citing the need to go in “a different direction,” on July 24 the board voted 8 to 1 to place... more »
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