Between an escalating trade war with China, new farm bill legislation, and the ever-present challenge of automation, the agriculture industry is currently in a state of flux. To get a better sense of how pronounced these challenges are – and what they mean for agriculture...
For 21 days this summer, more than 4,000 kayakers will launch on the region's waters for a floating pub crawl. The six-hour Paddle for Pints tours, which feature stops at six breweries for beers and snacks, sell out quickly. A late-winter Facebook post about the sale...
Making an award-winning wine takes more than good grapes. It takes a village. [caption id="attachment_15488" align="alignleft" width="200"] Coenraad Stassen, winemaker and estate manager at Brys Estate Vineyard.[/caption] To that end, Coenraad Stassen, winemaker and estate manager at Brys Estate Vineyard and Winery, has teamed up with vineyard managers...
With a population of more than 1.3 billion, China is an attractive market for many companies. Include local fruit processors among those who see the potential. Brent Bradley, vice president of sales and marketing at Graceland, said his company’s China efforts actually started in 1999, but...
Next year at this time, Tom Greyerbiehl hopes to have a new type of grapevine planted in his Benzie County vineyard. It could come not from out-of-state nurseries where he’s purchased vines before, but from the local operations of Campbell Milarch Vines, LLC. The Copemish-based venture, a...
[caption id="attachment_11128" align="alignleft" width="300"] Pure Water Works' pull-behind ozone generator first concentrates oxygen by removing nitrogen from the air. Then a high-voltage electrical charge converts the oxygen into ozone.[/caption] Bill Siegmund makes the case that owners of Michigan vineyards and orchards need only to look to...
With the help of updated software, SampleServe, a Traverse City environmental sampling and reporting lab, might someday know as much (or more) than its competitors and even the U.S. EPA about polluted sites around the country. Started by Russ Schindler in 2001, the seven-person company travels...
