Strawberries
Southwest Michigan Farm Markets Rely on Chicago Money
Michigan's southwest corner is often ignored by the rest of the state, which gravitates more toward the southeast side and Detroit. That could be a problem for farm markets and other businesses in Southwest Michigan... more »
Strawberry Harvest Disappointing
The unseasonably warm weather at the start of April may have been welcomed by the general public, but don't include the county's strawberry growers in that group. Leelanau Enterprise (Michigan) more »
Strawberry Farm Hit Hard
A west Colchester farmer is hoping to salvage something from his strawberry fields damaged by last week's freak hail storm. The Truro Daily News more »
Outlook Mixed for Supply of Workers
The shortage of farm workers growers had been fearing had not shown up by Memorial Day. And with Congress hotly debating new immigration policy that might take the pressure off the thousands of undocumented seasonal... more »
Strawberry Worries: Weather, Honey Bees
Weather concerns and figuring out what's happening to the honey bee population is on the minds of the researchers who led the 2007 Strawberry Twilight Tour at the Wye Research and Education Center. Atlantic Tractor more »
‘Once in 50 Year”” Freeze Killed Many Tennessee Crops
Phyllis Gilliam of Williamson County thought she was going to have a splendid strawberry crop on her 43 acres. Tennessean.com more »
Putnam County Couple Finds Strawberry Farm to be Sweet
The hum of Interstate 64 is apparent just beyond the quiet setting of VJ Farms, but as far as Vallery and Jim Withrow are concerned, it's a world away from the aggravations of civilization. Charleston... more »
Driscoll Strawberry Associates Opens Doors in Santa Maria
One of the largest strawberry storage coolers in the state of California made its debut Friday on the Central Coast. KSBY more »
North Carolina Strawberries are Ripe Here, Ripe Now
May is Strawberry Month in North Carolina, and the crop looks excellent. Chatham Journal Weekly more »
Strawberry Growers Concerned After Easter Freeze
An unseasonable freeze over Easter weekend set strawberries back and now strawberry growers have to be on the lookout for both diseases and pests, says Eric Spaulding, Johnston County, N.C., Extension agent. Carolina-Virginia Farmer more »