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  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • 2015 Fruit Crop Guesstimate is in

    Fruit growers and processors met in Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 24 to take an early shot at guessing the size of the some of the nation’s 2015 fruit crops. The numbers were presented at the 60th annual Fruit Crop Guesstimate organized by the 14 processor members of the Michigan Frozen Fruit Packers Association. The presenters gave a detailed account of Michigan’s expected apple production, breaking it down into four regions and listing production variety by variety. They estimated the size of the Michigan crop at 22.5 million bushels, only slightly smaller than the 2014 crop of 23.8 million bushels. The […]

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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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