Summer is in full swing, and with it, local farmers and fishermen are hard at work producing the fresh, quality agricultural and seafood products we all enjoy. Celebrate the bounty of Northeast agriculture by visiting local farmers’ market and ag retail locations.
Since 2000, the U.S. apple industry has been in a state of continual change. Desmond O'Rourke, consultant of food marketing and international trade, discusses this changing industry environment in this outlook as well as future challenges and opportunities for the apple industry.
Twenty-eight million bushels are expected for New York’s 2017 apple harvest. Learn more about this year’s apple season in the Northeast and around the country.
Growers in the Lake Erie region have had two strong years of production at significantly greater than average yields. While the average yield is typically six tons per acre, in 2015 and 2016, many growers saw yields of as much as 8 to10 tons per acre. Click to read the full update that includes wine grape expectations for 2017.
