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A fruit marketer expects this year’s cherry crop to be about half compared to last season.

Don Armock, President of Riveridge Produce Marketing in Sparta, Michigan, tells Brownfield poor pollination and too much rain in recent weeks has led to some quality issues for growers in West Michigan.  “Cherries do not enjoy water when it gets close to harvest.  It causes cracking either from water being absorbed into the fruit or we get a different kind of cracking that comes from the roots absorbing and pushing the cherries in size.”

He says the fresh cherry market should be slightly better than last year because harvest in the Western U.S.

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