Tree Fruit: 2012 Farm Bill May Be A Welcome Surprise

摘要

THIS crop season has offered up a couple of real surprises. One has been absolutely awful, but the other is entirely welcome. Actually, it might be naive to characterize the first one as a surprise, because I am referring to the weather. A historically early spring opened golf courses in Michigan in early March and encouraged early bloom among flowering plants, including tree fruits. Orchardists across the state and much of the Midwest and Northeast saw their season end before it even got started.