Marketing
Michigan Apple Committee Research Funds Released to MSU
It’s important to keep Michigan’s fruit growing community updated on the status of Michigan Apple Committee’s research funding for 2006. As many of you are aware, we’ve had difficulty selling Michigan apples to public institutions... more »
Washington Growers Praise Visit from Mexico’s President
Mexican President Vicente Fox’s visit to Yakima, Wash., was seen as a step in the right direction by many of the area’s produce growers. “Overall, it was a good visit and a good thing for... more »
Industry Looks Ahead to Increasingly Better Times
Depending upon where you put your benchmark, the best of times are either ahead of us – or behind us – in the cranberry industry. For the optimistic, prices have been steadily rising since 1999,... more »
Mexico’s High Desert Apple Orchards Fuel Warm Thoughts
Travelers come in two types, I’ve noticed. There are the critical types, who don’t see much good in the way other folks do things. They compare everything they see, unfavorably, to what they left back... more »
Virus Found in New York, Michigan
After causing a stir six years ago, plum pox virus (PPV) laid low while government officials conducted mopping up operations in Pennsylvania and Ontario. Then, within a month this summer, PPV was found in New... more »
Summer Intern Bids Readers Farewell
Writing this column is bittersweet to me. My time here, a time that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed, is coming to a close. It seems as though I just wrote my introduction to all of you; surely... more »
Next Big Thing Is New Co-op for Marketing MN1914 Apple
After Pepin Heights Orchards was awarded the exclusive rights to market MN1914, the University of Minnesota’s new apple, everyone knew something else was going to happen. In July, it did. It’s called the Next Big... more »
Success of New Varieties Spurs Hunt for More Like Them
There’s plenty of activity in the tree fruit nursery business these days as nurserymen hunt for new varieties -– like “the next Honeycrisp”apple – and sort their way through the many peach varieties growers have... more »
Adams County Looks at Platforms for Mechanization
Adams County, Pa., with its long history of fruit culture, in many ways epitomizes what is right and what is wrong with fruit production in the United States today. So it seems appropriate that Adams... more »
Group Steps Up Its Marketing Efforts with Urban Bogs
Cranberry bogs sprang up out of nowhere in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles last month, and disappeared after a few days. It wasn’t a case of spontaneous generation or some freak cranberry harvest.... more »
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