Category: Michigan Apple Harvest
Michigan apple industry ready for comeback
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Contact: Diane Smith
Executive Director
800-456-2753
Growers optimistic for the coming season after last year’s loss
DEWITT, Mich. – Michigan’s apple growers are looking forward to a busy harvest season in 2013, after extreme…
Michigan Apple Crop Suffers Significant Losses
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Contact: Diane Smith
Interim Executive Director
(800) 456-2753
Extreme Spring Weather Reduces Crop by 90%
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan apple industry suffered huge crop losses stemming from historic weather events in late winter…
Fruit Growers Play Role in State’s Economic Recovery
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Contact: Diane Smith
(800) 456-2753
[email protected]
MICHIGAN—If things go as planned, by the fall of 2013, 47 acres of farmland at Seven Mile Road and Alpine Avenue in Alpine Township will be home to a new, state-of-the-art…
Michigan Apples off to strongest start in years!
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753
(517) 282-5742 (cell)
Michigan Apple shippers are likely moving record amounts of apples out the door this fall. For the first seven weeks of the 2011 apple harvest, Michigan shippers sold…
Apple Crop Update
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753 or (517) 282-5742
(DeWitt, Mich.) – Michigan is likely to have approximately three-quarters of an apple crop this year, according to a consensus of apple growers and shippers across the state.…
Michigan Apple movement breaks all-time October record
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753
(DeWitt, Mich.) – Michigan Apple movement hit an all-time high for the month of October, with total shipments breaking 1.6 million cases.
“Movement has been very, very strong for several …
Michigan Apples score another record week
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753
(DeWitt, Mich.) – As Michigan Apple shipments continue at a record pace, industry leaders are projecting that overall October movement will likely hit an all-time high.
According…
Michigan Apples record stellar September
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753
(DeWitt, Mich.) – Cooperation from Mother Nature in the form of cool temperatures and heavy summer rains is paying off for Michigan Apple growers as records indicate one of the best …
Michigan-grown Honeycrisp hit shelves!
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753
Supply of highly anticipated variety expected throughout year
(DeWitt, Mich.) – Apple growers throughout the state are harvesting unprecedented amounts of Michigan Honeycrisp,…
Hot Honey Crisp Near Harvest
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Contact: Denise Donohue
(800) 456-2753
(DeWitt, Mich.) – Apple growers in southwest Michigan will begin to harvest Honeycrisp apples early next week, but significant volume from the state’s most popularly planted…