Michigan is No. 1 in the United States for its tart cherry production, but Utah is second, hosting around 17 commercial producers near Payson with many of those growers involved in a co-op that allows them to consolidate costs on processing.
Utah’s tart cherry growers are a tight community who help each other out to harvest the best and healthiest product they can. That cooperation has landed Utah as one of the nation’s top producers of the tiny, delicious fruit.
Utah’s tart cherry growers are a tight community who help each other out to harvest the best and healthiest product they can. That cooperation has landed Utah as one of the nation’s top producers of the tiny, delicious fruit.
Fruit growers in northern Utah say the spring snow storms are a double-edged sword: They're good for the snowpack after years of drought, but they're also delaying the orchards' spring schedules.
Immigration reform could help lower rising food prices. Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo and farming experts are pushing the Farm Workforce Modernization. About half of American farmworkers are undocumented. Worker shortages are causing the cost of meat, fruit, vegetables and eggs to increase.