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Grape Grower Optimistic About 2005
What Michigan Niagara and Concord juice grape growers need is a really good year. For many of them, it’s been four bad years running. For grower Bill Schultz, near Mattawan: “Grapes used to be my... more »
State Apple Industries Debate Mandatory Pasteurization
Should all apple cider be pasteurized? The answer to that question has caused divisions within the U.S. apple industry. Some see it as a safety issue, while others see the interests of large producers vying... more »
Michigan Addresses New York’s Call for Mandatory Pasteurization
This is an open letter to our fellow apple cider makers’ in New York and throughout the country, who are subject to potential new policy changes in apple cider production. Alert—October 2004 It has been... more »
New York Apple Association Thanks Readers for Revote
Now that the vote to reauthorize the New York State Apple Marketing Order is completed and approved, I wanted to take a moment to offer my appreciation to many of your readers for their support... more »
Dynamic Markets Pose a Challenge for U.S. Exporters
China, India and Brazil are large, developing countries with untapped populations and resources. Their markets are growing, as is their capacity for international trade. Their emergence onto the world economic stage brings with it opportunities... more »
Thousands drive for miles to visit Edwards Apple Orchard
It’s 80 snarled-traffic miles from Chicago to the corn and soybean fields around Rockford, Ill., but lots of people make the trek, sometimes several times, between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. And it’s not to look... more »
Customer Care Is Tops At Rudd Strawberry Farm
When the state commissioner of agriculture chooses to purchase his strawberries from your farm, you know you’re doing something right. Steve Troxler, North Carolina’s top elected ag official, dropped by Rudd Farm in May to... more »
Nation’s Fruit Farms Expected To Yield Large Crops
They’ve been doing it since 1955, and while the history’s fuzzy, members of the Michigan Frozen Food Packers Association took a few minutes to observe that the event June 22 marked 50 years for the... more »
Large East Coast Customer Base Makes It All Work
When Pam and Gary Mount bought Terhune Orchards in 1975, they weren’t just looking to run a farm. They wanted to create a community gathering place, and they seem to have succeeded. More than 500,000... more »
New Concept Cherry Harvester Has Its Debut
For years, cherry growers have worked with large trees. It was a major challenge to contain their vegetative vigor and get them into full fruit production in less than six or eight years. Now that... more »
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