“This year’s crop yielded only 78% of the co-op’s average crop size, due in large part to devastating frost/freeze events in our southwest Michigan growing area where the Concord harvest yielded only 40% of our pre-frost expectations,” said Richard Erdle, director member relations. “Michigan growers have experienced several weather-related losses over the last 10 years, not unlike those occurring in the 1960s when the area was affected by similar weather patterns. While each of the co-op’s growing areas experienced frost damage, Michigan’s losses were by far the greatest.”
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Source: National Grape Co-operative
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