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When you think northern Michigan you think Cherries. So why is it that the Guinness Record for the wold's largest cherry pie is held by Oliver, British…
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This weekend cherry growers in southwest Michigan will begin to harvest their crop.Despite a hard freeze in late May, Michigan is expected to produce 134…
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Spring came early in Michigan three years ago — very early — and fruit crops were later wiped out by frost. That has some researchers in Lansing asking if…
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Michigan’s apple and cherry growers are happy with this year’s crop.It’s been a roller coaster ride for apple growers. They had the worst year on record…
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Get this, 75% of the nation's tart cherries are grown in Michigan, most of that in the northwest Lower Peninsula.But every year the industry that brings…
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It’s been a couple of roller coaster years for the state’s fruit growers.Michigan apple growers had the most dramatic ride. 80-degree weather in March…
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The weather may seem perfect to a lot us right now.But not so perfect for farmers, many of whom have yet to plant their spring crops.Michigan has been…
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You probably know 2012 was just horrible for Michigan’s fruit growers. But new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows it was officially the…
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This year was one of the worst harvests for tart cherries in recorded history. That’s a hard hit considering Michigan is the nation’s largest producer of…
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The great loss of cherriesEarlier this month, most of the counties in Michigan were designated disaster areas for agriculture. Michigan is the largest…