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American/Western Fruit Grower
September/October 2011
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Despite a tremendous amount of research, the tree fruit industry remains in a bitter fight against the brown marmorated stink bug.
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Fruit Growers News
November 2011
Apple harvester represents a landmark change in technology
Phil Brown, owner of Phil Brown Welding, an orchard implement company in Conklin, Mich., recently demonstrated the latest version of his apple-harvesting machine to growers in Michigan and Washington state. The core concept of the machine is to eliminate extra labor from the harvesting process.
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Good Fruit
October 2011
Tweets Tout SweeTango
Since summer, it’s been all over Twitter and Facebook—the news that SweeTango apples were coming in September, in triple the volume of 2010. This is undoubtedly the first apple to be promoted so intensively—almost exclusively—through social media. More...

 


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IFTA --Annual Conference and Tour(s)
January 8-22, 2012
Santiago, Chile; Argentina, Brazil
Conference/tours pre-registraion open until December 15, 2011
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