U.S. apple growers face smaller crop, trade challenges with Canada

USApples is forecasting a smaller crop this year following a once-in-a-generation freeze that hit the Eastern U.S. Vice President, Insights & Analytics Chris Gerlach tells Brownfield a three-day freeze stretching from the Great Lakes to North Carolina reduced total production by about seven percent. “Not only will the total crop size be down, but they […] The post U.S. apple growers face smaller…