A southwest Michigan blueberry grower says harvest this past month has been tempered by winter injury and several spring frosts. Tom Bodke tells Brownfield, “Our pickouts are not as much as we were expecting.” “We’re in mid-season right now,” he says. “The quality has been good. The pricing has been decent.” He says ongoing harvest […]
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