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  • December 2012 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • New research orchard structures

    Protected structures have been erected at Michigan hort station.

    Cravo roof in a closed position. PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAVO New protected orchard structures were installed last spring at Michigan State University’s horticultural research station at Clarksville. They were built over a 2010 planting of high-density sweet cherries and will be used in at least three research projects. MSU cherry researcher Dr. Greg Lang said the new structures include a retractable-roof greenhouse that provides much more control over the environment than the high tunnel structures he has been working in, and also a vented row cover structure (the VOEN orchard covering system). Lang began research on growing cherries in protected […]

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    Production, Cherries, Technology and equipment, Research, Richard Lehnert
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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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