NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- The US Department of Agriculture has approved a federal disaster declaration for northwest ...

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 ...

Phil Hallstedt picks cherries on his orchard in Michigan. He and his wife both have worked part-time jobs, but recently ...

Santucci Farm on Old Mission Peninsula is gearing up for another plentiful u-pick cherry season ... fewer and fewer cherries grown in Northern Michigan. Just because if your livelihood is growing ...

A fifth-generation apple, peach and cherry farmer, Rasch and his family own several orchards in western Michigan and other ...

The issue with Michigan's 2024 sweet cherry crop was rain — much too much ... lower-interest loans to cover part of their actual losses. The USDA Farm Service Agency will consider each loan ...

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 ...

Northern Michigan cherry farmers are seeing their best harvest ... “It’s just hard to see the opportunity for small- or medium-size farms to have their niche in this, too,” she said.

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 ...

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LANSING – This year, Michigan’s sweet cherry farmers lost upwards of 75 ... disaster or contiguous disaster areas means qualified farm operators are eligible for low interest emergency loans ...