TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Northern Michigan fruit growers could achieve multiple benefits within their cherry orchards by helping to conserve American kestrels. Researchers at Michigan State University ...

LANSING – Michigan’s cherry industry is in a highly vulnerable position, experts agree, and President Donald Trump’s on-and-off tariffs aren’t making things easier for growers. Michigan State ...

CENTRAL LAKE, MICHIGAN (Reuters) -The frost came in late April, sliding across the hills before dawn. Juliette King McAvoy stepped into the orchard, hoping the cold had spared the cherry buds. But ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Rain is pelting the cherry orchards at Wunsch Farms on ...

LANSING — Northern Michigan cherry farmers say they’re on the tail end of a difficult season as the state warns that specialty crop production is reaching a tipping point. Some growers are optimistic ...

Sarah and Phil Hallstedt are a first-generation farming family growing eight varieties of sweet cherries at their U-Pick farm, Hallstedt Homestead, in Northport. At King Orchards U-Pick, Bakery & Farm ...

The cherry harvest wrapped up months ago. But in northern Michigan, some growers are already anticipating the spring resurgence of a tiny raptor that could benefit next season’s crop. The American ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Michigan cherry farmers are not winging it when it comes to the health of their crops. As they prepare for the growing season, they bring in honey bees. With a short window to ...

Every spring, raptors return to nesting sites across northern Michigan. The smallest of these birds of prey, a falcon called the American kestrel (Falco sparverius), flies through the region’s many ...

Rain is pelting the cherry orchards at Wunsch Farms on the Old Mission Peninsula. Michal Peterson is wearing a full suit of rain gear. On the back of a flatbed truck are bee hives, stacked two or ...