| Predictions of bad Michigan fruit crops proving accurate |
| Written by By Associated Press |
| Saturday, 09 June 2012 06:33 |
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Industry groups say early predictions of a bad year for fruit crops in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula are coming true. The Michigan Frozen Food Packers Association tells the Traverse City Record-Eagle (http://bit.ly/Km7sur) the region's tart cherry growers expect to process about 2 million pounds this year. That's a tiny fraction of the amount in more typical seasons. The total was 92.5 million pounds in 2011. Suttons Bay cherry farmer Don Gregory said he expects to harvest less than 1 percent of his average crop, if anything. An unusual warm-up in March followed by sub-freezing temperatures in April has devastated many of Michigan's orchard crops. The food packers group says apple production in northwestern Michigan will total about 2.5 million bushels, a drop-off of more than 90 percent from last year. ___ Information from: Traverse City Record-Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. |
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