On northern Michigan cherry farms, a tiny falcon is quietly reshaping how growers think about both crop protection and food ...

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CENTRAL LAKE, MICHIGAN (Reuters) -The frost came in late April, sliding across the hills before dawn. Juliette King McAvoy stepped into the orchard, hoping the cold had spared the cherry buds. But ...

July is the perfect month for cherry picking, as farmers prep their produce and families handpick the biggest, ripest cherries they can find in U-Pick farms across the state. But there is one tiny ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – A new bill with bipartisan support would make the cherry Michigan’s official state fruit. The bill, announced Thursday, Sept. 12, would place the cherry alongside such symbols as ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Michigan cherry farmers are not winging it when it comes to the health of their crops. As they prepare for the growing season, they bring in honey bees. With a short window to ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Federal agriculture officials authorized disaster protections for Michigan’s cherry growers who lost most of their crop this year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested a disaster ...

Glen Arbor-based retailer Cherry Republic has built a successful business around a fruit that company President Bob Sutherland calls a “ruby red morsel of joy.” For Cherry Republic, the tart cherry is ...

LANSING – Michigan’s cherry industry is in a highly vulnerable position, experts agree, and President Donald Trump’s on-and-off tariffs aren’t making things easier for growers. Michigan State ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— Cherry season in Northern Michigan is more than halfway through, but farmers are grappling with lower yields due to adverse weather conditions. Local farms ...