cherries

From two big snow storms one week to temperatures flirting with 70 degrees the next, Michigan weather does its best to keep us on our toes.As we stripped…

A pesky insect that loves to invade fruit has found its way to northern Michigan’s cherry orchards. Scientists have had their eye on spotted wing…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…