Finally, when it appeared all arguments against opening the borders had run their inevitable course and Hawke's Bay apple growers were poised to send the best apples in the world to one of the world' most impoverished apple markets, the shutters have gone up again. Finally, when it appeared all arguments against opening the borders had run their inevitable course and Hawke's Bay apple growers were poised to send the best apples in the world to one of the world' most impoverished apple...

But local and state apple growers are taking no chances when it comes to the possibility of Chinese apples being allowed into U. Third-generation Pennsylvania grower Dave Benner, 61, like most growers, has slowly replaced older, larger trees in his orchard with smaller dwarf ones that are close together. Apple growers are pressing for an unprecedented amount of federal funding to develop technologies to make harvesting less costly, and for aid to develop overseas markets. Most apple...

Most olive orchards have a good fruit set, and some orchards are being pruned. Prices are strong for feed crops such as alfalfa and silage corn. Pesticide and fertilizer applications are being made to citrus groves. Deciduous tree fruit, nuts and grapes: Table grape harvest is gradually gaining momentum. Some strawberry fields are beginning to be prepped for planting in the fall. The domestic market is slow, with occasional air shipments going to Korea. Growers are monitoring foraphid,...

Around 1944, business at the market, which no longer was being called Centre Market, reached a level worth talking about. Julius Amaker, an agricultural agent, had urged the vegetable vendors to compete by keeping their prices lower than grocery stores. In a goodbye letter printed in newspapers, the women acknowledged having lost their flea market but said they hoped the citizens had not lost their public market. But by 1950, business was so bad that many of the market's vendors had begun...

Canada: production costs squeezing apple industry Canadians are hearty apple eaters - each jawing through an average of nearly 11 kilograms of the tree fruit every year. The cost of production has increased during the past decade until apple growing now requires one of the highest capital investments per unit of land in agriculture today, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. But their healthy eating habits have not been enough to stem the financial decline for Ontario apple...

What I cannot accept is the spineless attitude of growers who are not willing to control supply by other means, such as paid tree removal and acreage limits for high-volume growers. When was the last time you saw on TV an ad promoting cherries in a clever way such as the cranberry industry does or orange growers do? I have been a small cherry grower since 1975 and have lived through the ups and downs of the tart cherry industry for over 30 years. This action was taken after dumping some of...