USDA purchase helping apple industry survive

USDA purchase helping apple industry survive

A Michigan grower says USDA’s latest apple purchase will better position farmers for this year’s season.

Fifth-generation fruit grower Don Rasch tells Brownfield two back-to-back record production years have lowered margins and created a backlog of fruit.

“It’s not a preferable year,” he shares. “Everybody gets all excited with a big crop, but there’s a big expense to bring it in and store it, and it’s survival right now.”

USDA recently announced it will purchase about $10 million of applesauce and cans through a Section 32 purchase for food banks.

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