TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Federal agriculture officials authorized disaster protections for Michigan’s cherry growers who lost most of their crop this year. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested a disaster ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— Cherry season in Northern Michigan is more than halfway through, but farmers are grappling with lower yields due to adverse weather conditions. Local farms ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 23—TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Michigan cherries are coming early this year, say local farmers who expect to begin their harvest ...

CENTRAL LAKE, MICHIGAN (Reuters) -The frost came in late April, sliding across the hills before dawn. Juliette King McAvoy stepped into the orchard, hoping the cold had spared the cherry buds. But ...

The federal government has approved disaster relief assistance for growers in Michigan's fruit belt in northwest Lower Michigan after devastating, weather-related crop losses of 75% or more of the ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Up North fruit farmers want more Michigan cherries to be eaten – simple as that. Cherry growers from across Michigan’s fruit belt gathered this week in Traverse City for a ...

When fourth-generation farmer John Pulcipher took on the family’s cherry farm business full-time 16 years ago, he says the profits were fairly good for the crop, particularly for growers like him in ...

Glen Arbor-based retailer Cherry Republic has built a successful business around a fruit that company President Bob Sutherland calls a “ruby red morsel of joy.” For Cherry Republic, the tart cherry is ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Michigan cherry farmers are not winging it when it comes to the health of their crops. As they prepare for the growing season, they bring in honey bees. With a short window to ...