Cherries
Tart Cherry Production Down 5 Percent
U.S. tart cherry production is forecast at 256 million pounds, 5 percent below 2005 production but 20 percent above production in 2004, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Beginning with the 2005 forecast, Colorado... more »
Sweet Cherry Production Up 7 Percent
U.S. sweet cherry production is forecast at 268,400 tons, up 7 percent from 2005 but 5 percent below 2004, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Beginning with the 2005 forecast, Pennsylvania was discontinued from... more »
Some Areas See Crops Reduced by Weather
On the first day of summer, the Michigan Frozen Fruit Packers Association pulled together its members to evaluate the outlook for production of fruit crops, in Michigan and the nation.About 150 people attended the 51st... more »
Market Growth Factor is 17 Million Pounds
The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB), the national marketing order for red tart cherries, convened in Ludington, Mich., Sept. 9 to calculate and recommend the final free and restricted percentages for the current crop year,... more »
CIAB Sets Free, Restricted Percentages for Tart Cherries
The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB) recommended June 23 that the free percentage for tart cherries be set at 71 and the restricted percentage be set at 29. The CIAB, which administers the national marketing... more »
Sweet Cherry Variety Showcase to be July 7 in Michigan
International Plant Management and Michigan State University Extension have combined to sponsor a Sweet Cherry Variety Showcase at Clarksville Horticultural Experiment Station July 7.The showcase will feature a new high tunnel covering a block of... more »
Fruit Crop Guesstimate to be June 22
The 50th Annual Fruit Crop Guesstimate, sponsored by the Michigan Frozen Food Packers Association, will be held at 2 p.m. June 22 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich.The Guesstimate provides a forum... more »
Apple Production Up 12.9 Percent
The value of Washington's agricultural production for 2003 reached a near record $5.75 billion, 3.1 percent above 2002, according to the USDA Washington Agricultural Statistics Service (WASS). The record stands at $5.88 billion, which was... more »
Michigan Apple Committee Named New Officers
The Michigan Apple Committee (MAC) has named Bryan Bixby, of Berrien Springs, Mich., as chairman and Julia Hersey, of Casnovia, Mich., as vice chairwoman. At the August board meeting, the seven-member board unanimously voted Bixby... more »
CIAB Releases Final Tart Cherry Free and Restricted Percentages
The Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB) met Sept. 10 in Portland, Ore., and set the final free and restricted percentages for red tart cherries at 72 percent and 28 percent, respectively. These percentages were determined... more »
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