National Ag News

A specialty crop farmer says Michigan’s strawberry crop was cut in half after a cool spring.

Beth Hubbard of Cory Lake Orchards in Southwest Michigan tells Brownfield early season varieties were hit in May after several days of overnight temperatures falling below 30 degrees.  “Despite the fact that every farmer tried to protect, we weren’t able to protect our crops so many of us lost probably over half of our varieties of strawberries.”

Also the president of Michigan Agritourism Association, Hubbard says growers in the state rely on both selling to local grocery outlets as well as U-Picks to market berries. 

Continue reading Michigan’s strawberry crop expected to be half at Brownfield Ag News.