Peaches
Growers Look at Bumper Fruit Crops To Sell This Year
Across the board, there will be big fruit crops for growers and packers to sell this year. Lots of apples. Lots of sweet cherries. Many more tart cherries. More wine grapes. More juice grapes. More... more »
Growers Look at Bumper Fruit Crops to Sell this Year
No one used the word “bumper” during the 54th annual Fruit Crop Guesstimate June 17 in Grand Rapids, Mich. But if bumper means bigger than usual but not necessarily a record, bumper is the word... more »
Peach Production Workshop July 9 in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas will host a peach production workshop for both experienced and beginning growers at the Fruit Research Station at Clarksville, Ark., during the afternoon of Thursday, July 9. Two speakers – Nathan... more »
Cool Grapes: New Wines Flow from New Minnesota Grapes
The number of wineries is growing in Minnesota, as seems to be true all over. Today, about 30 Minnesota wineries with 700 acres of wine grapes are trying to make names for themselves. In 1975,... more »
Fruit and Wine Grape Research Meeting June 24 at Rutgers Research and Extension Center
Tree fruit and wine grape growers will gather June 24 at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Upper Deerfield Township, N.J. They will see and hear some of the latest research findings by... more »
Inmates Fill in for Immigrant Farm Workers
Sixty acres of peaches are ripening up on Antelope Hill Fruit Farm, row after row of trees loaded with fuzzy, sunset-colored fruit. High Country News Click here to read the rest of the story. more »
What Effects Will Shrinking/Disappearing Extension Budgets Have for Your Farm?
(Editor’s note: Our question drew a huge response. We had to settle for a sampling in Fruit Growers News and present others here). We, as a food processing company, rely heavily on Extension to provide... more »
How Do You Like Them Apples?
Craig Michaloski's fruit farms once had close to 100 acres of apple trees. But they're down to 40 acres now, with another 10 acres of peaches, nectarines, and plums. Rochester City Newspaper more »
This Farm Market Thrives on It
Completely surrounded by houses, apartments, a college and a state highway, Robinette’s Apple Haus & Gift Barn has no room to expand at its current location. Not that Ed Robinette is complaining about it. The... more »
Michigan Fruit Production Down in 2008
Michigan's apple production in 2008 was 560 million pounds (13.3 million bushels), down from 770 million pounds (18.3 million bushels) in 2007, according to figures released by the Michigan field office of USDA's National Agricultural... more »
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