Beginning in late 2011 and continuing into 2012, there’s been increased real estate activity in the Pacific Northwest, driven by strong fruit prices and expansion within the tree fruit sector. However, in Michigan, there have been few sales of orchard properties in the lake shoreline region the past three years, and it is expected there will be poor demand in the near future when the effects of the 2012 season are realized. The 2012 season was the tale of opposites for Northwest and Michigan tree fruit producers. In the Northwest, apple and cherry producers had record crops, while producers in […]